Tessa Newcomb
Born in Suffolk, the countryside, coastline and country events dominate the artist Tessa Newcomb’s works. The daughter of the artist Mary Newcomb, Newcomb has widely exhibited in both mixed and solo shows. Her distinctive style depict Suffolk as a place of odd encounters, an unkempt land and seascapes featuring working figures, dogs, boats, churchyards and allotments. The artist works in oil and board and sometimes furniture, in addition to illustrating jacket covers. Newcomb has works in public collections including the Bradford Metropolitan Museum, the Archant Art Collection, Norwich and the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. Newcomb lives in Suffolk with her partner Telfer Stokes who is the artist son of Margaret Mellis.