Tessa Newcomb’s paintings record the world immediately around her, the garden, the greenhouse, the allotment; she draws you into her work, it feels intimate, you could be a local peering over the fence.
(b. 1955)
Tessa Newcomb.
Born in Suffolk, Tessa Newcomb is the daughter of the artist Mary Newcomb. She attended the Norwich School of Art from 1972 and received a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Bath Academy of Art in 1976. In 1977 she attended a course on printmaking at the Wimbledon School of Art.
Newcomb’s first solo exhibition was held at the Annexe Gallery, Wimbledon in 1979. Her work was included in mixed exhibitions at Crane Kalman Gallery between 1995 and 1997, followed by two one-man shows in 2002 and 2004. She has works in public collections including the Bradford Metropolitan Museum and the Whitworth Art Gallery. Tessa exhibited regularly at Lena Boyle Fine Art from 1990-2020
The Suffolk countryside and country events feature predominantly in Newcomb’s paintings. She also produced jacket illustrations for Julia Blackburn’s Daisy in the Desert and the paperback edition of The Emperor’s East Island.
Notable Exhibitions Include:
The Picture Gallery Winchester Contemporary Art
Morley College Kentmere House, York
Crane Art Kettle’s Yard Open
Chelsea Art Society Leicester City Gallery
Contemporary Art Fair (1994 - 98) Bradford Metropolitan Museum
20th Century Art Fair Fry Gallery, Saffron Walden
Crane Kalman New Ashgate, Farnham
Cadogan Contemporary The Mercury Gallery, Edinburgh
Piers Feetham The Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
Coram Gallery Manchester Art Fair
Steeple End Gallery, Halesworth Strand Gallery, Aldeburgh
Thompson’s Gallery, Aldeburgh