Wendy Newcomb
Oil paintings
Wendy Newcomb is a representational painter whose primary media include oil, gouache and acrylic. She has shown her work throughout Maine in numerous juried shows at University of Southern Maine Gorham, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston, University of New England, Boothbay Botanical Gardens and other gallery invitational shows. She received her B.F.A in painting at the University of NH in Durham, NH
Wendy Newcomb’s paintings represent a visual journal of her life in Maine. They reflect her love of nature and her participation in it. A recurring theme in her work is the way in which light falls upon objects and the landscape; how it defines and creates patterns and adds drama to a scene. She prefers early morning or late afternoon light for its golden hues and long shadows. The element of water is also particularly interesting to her with its constant motion, its transparencies and how it interacts with the land and sky. Recreating her visual experience, she wants to give the viewer a sense of being in that moment with her.
