PETER NEWCOMBE

Born in 1943 at Blisworth in Northamptonshire. Studied at Northampton School of Art, where he won a travelling scholarship. Designed stamps for the G.P.O. and Guernsey Post Office on the subject of conservation. Exhibited at the R.A. and R.I. A limited edition book of his words and pictures was launched jointly with Savage Fine Art in 1991. In July 1998, Peter was awarded an Honorary Master of Arts Degree by Nene University College Northampton.

Peter's first exhibition was in the Art Room at Towcester Grammar School – where he was delighted to sell his first oil painting for £1.  Many exhibitions have followed, not only in Northamptonshire, but from London to the Channel Islands.  Indeed one of the largest private collections of his paintings is in the United States.

While Peter was a student at Northampton School of Art he first met Michael Savage who sold him paints and brushes.  Their association has continued through almost 50 years and during that time Michael has held many one man shows of Peter’s work and Newcombe paintings have always been included in mixed exhibitions.

Peter Newcombe has become best known for his intense studies of the Northamptonshire landscape and also his incredibly accurate and meticulous depictions of both garden and wild flowers, fungi and occasionally birds.

Michael Savage has been very much involved with Peter's work over the last 40 years or so. As Peter is a local of Northamptonshire, Michael first sold him brushes and paints when he was a student before going on to show Peter's work in his Gallery in Northampton. Since then Peter's paintings have been hung in the Royal Academy and Michael has staged exhibitions at The Coach House Gallery, Guernsey, and numerous venues throughout Northamptonshire. His work has also been included in joint exhibitions at the Royal College of Art and the NEC in Birmingham.

For the last two years we have held very successful and enjoyabe exhibitions of Peter's work here at Upper Harlestone. We have been lucky with the weather, so have been able to be outside in the garden as well as inside the cottage. On both occasions we have been able to display some 50 paintings. Why give up on a good thing? Michael once more turned his perssuasive powers onto Peter and we are delighted that he has agreed to collaborate on another exhibition this September. Both Sally and I look forward to welcoming you to our home to view this new collection of paintings which, of course, contains all of Peter's favourite subjects.

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