Encore Artist
Rock Newcomb
Painter
from Payson, Arizona

Raised on a southern Idaho homestead, Rock would follow behind his father’s plow and gather Indian artifacts pushed up from the earth. His first treasure was a perfect obsidian arrowhead. From the 1950s to the 1980s, his artistic talents grew and progressed from drawing to painting. While teaching both art forms, he continued to perfect his own artwork. His fascination for the wildlife that shared their land, led Rock to using wildlife as his primary subject matter. In the 1980’s he gave up the teaching-creating juggle and became a full-time artist. He discovered that Native American artifacts were the treasures still buried within his heart. Since Rock joined the NatureWorks show in the 1990s he has become a Tulsa favorite. His talents have created a new group of collectors in this region. He is a Signature Member of the Society of AnimalArtists, Wildlife Artists Association and International Acrylic Painters Association. He has received multiple awards from NatureWorks, Arts for the Park, Phippen Museum Western Art Show, C.M. Russell Western Art Show and many others. His works have been shown and exhibited in the Smithsonian Institution of American Art, Eiteljorg Museum of the American Indian and Western Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Gilcrease Museum, the Albuquerque Museum of Art to name a few.

"Southwest Heritage"

"Tranquility"

"Pubelo Traditions"