Woodblock
Watercolor Prints

Gallery

  • Study in Yellow and Blue

    11" x 14" Woodblock Watercolor Print. Original framed print- $400.

  • Aerial View

    11' x 14" Woodcut watercolor collage. Printed from a woodcut plate, then torn and reassembled. Original print- $750. (Framed archival reproduction- $140.)

  • Aerial View detail a

  • Aerial View detail b

  • Aerial View detail c

  • Chair

    8" x 10" woodcut watercolor print. Original framed print- $100.

  • City Scape 1.2

    16" x 20" Woodcut Watercolor print. Original framed print- $800. (Framed archival reproduction $185.)

  • City Scape 1.2 detail

  • City- Foggy Night

    16" x 20" Woodcut Watercolor print. Original framed print- $800. (Framed archival reproduction $185.)

  • City Scape 1.4

    16 x 20" Woodcut watercolor print. Original woodblock watercolor framed print- $1250. (Framed archival reproduction $185.)

  • City Scape 2.1

    16" x 20" Woodcut Watercolor print. Original framed print- $200.

  • City Scape 2.2

    16" x 20" Woodcut Watercolor print. (Original print, framed- $ 200.)

  • Collage

    11' x 14" Woodcut watercolor collage. Printed from a woodcut plate, then torn and reassembled. Original print, framed- $750. (Framed archival reproduction $140.)

  • Collage detail a

  • Collage detail b

  • Community Garden

    16 x 20" Woodcut watercolor print. Original print, framed-$1250. (Framed archival reproduction $185.)

  • Night Vision

    16" x 20"" Woodblock Watercolor Print. Original print $1,250. (Framed archival reproduction $185.)

  • Night Vision detail

  • Overview

    11" x 14" Woodblock Watercolor Print. Original framed print $200.

  • Garden Party

    11" x 14" Woodblock Watercolor Print. Original framed print $300. (Framed archival reproduction $140.)

  • Garden Party C/U

  • Figure on Fabric

    11" x 14" Woodblock Watercolor Print. Original framed print on fabric. $600.

  • Guardians

    8" x 10" foam plate water color print. Original framed print- $75.

  • Home and Garden

    11" x 14" Woodblock Watercolor Print. Original print $200.

  • House and Gardens

    11" x 14" Woodblock Watercolor Print. Original framed print- $200.

  • Joey's Garden

    8" x 10" Woodblock Watercolor Print. Original framed print- $150.

  • Inner Workings

    16" x20" Woodblock Watercolor Print. Original framed print- $600. (Framed archival reproduction $185.)

  • Inner Workings detail

  • Inventor's Workshop

    8" x 10" Woodblock Watercolor Print. Original framed print $75.

  • Egyptian Dream

    8" x 10" Woodblock Watercolor Print. Original framed print $100.

  • After Party

    8" x 10" Woodblock Watercolor Print. Original print $300. (Framed archival reproduction $100.)

  • The Heart of the Matter

    16 x 20" Woodblock Watercolor Print. Original print $500.

  • Water Carrier

    8" x 10" Woodblock Watercolor Print. Original print $75.

  • Wizard

    11" x 14" Woodblock Watercolor Print. Original print $200.

About

Chris studied Art and Education at East Carolina University, receiving his BFA in 1977. Since then, he’s worked in clay (raku-fired sculptures), cartooning, videography, and found object sculpture. For over a decade, the artist worked exclusively with mild-steel creating sculptures and interesting figures for the garden as well as interior wall pieces, tables, and sculptures. He explained to anyone interested that working with steel felt natural and playful. His work was a reflection of that joy.
However, in the spring of 2022, it became apparent he was beginning to lose the joy he'd once experienced in his steelwork. Change was due. Not certain what that might look like, he kept his eyes and heart open. When the Cove Street Gallery in Portland announced a two-day workshop in White Line Watercolor Woodcuts, he felt a strong pull to attend. That two-day workshop with Lisa Houck changed everything. Chris returned to his studio, cleaned his steel equipment, and put it on Craig’s to sell as one unit. Within 24 hours, it was gone. He cleaned, repainted, and redesigned his studio and has been actively printing woodblock watercolors since. The joy he was beginning to lose has returned tenfold!

Though he always had an active art studio, Chris was also a teacher of elementary and middle school gifted & talented students in Maine public schools for thirty years. His program was unique because it focused on creativity and how to think rather than what to think. For example, his Project Think program in Falmouth and his Advanced Learner's Program in Raymond challenged students by asking questions, looking for the second right answer, challenging assumptions, taking intellectual risks, and employing humor whenever and wherever possible. This was accomplished in units related to archeology, filmmaking, inventions, creative writing, creative mathematics, and more.
Chris’s artwork has been featured in shows at the Haley Gallery (Kittery, ME), June Fitzpatrick Gallery (Portland, ME), The Warwick Museum (Warwick, Rhode Island), Cove Gallery (Wellfleet, MA), 51 High Street, (Belfast, ME), Hole in the Wall, (Raymond, ME), North Dam Mill (Biddeford, ME), The Artist’s Space (Orono, ME), Two Hands Gallery (Camden, ME), the Phoenix Gallery (Portland, ME), and many others. The artist has also shown work at many outdoor festivals and shows, including The Channel Six Art Walk (Portland, ME), The Yarmouth Clam Festival (Yarmouth, ME), The Old Port Festival (Portland, ME), Castlebury Fair (Gloucester, MA), and Naked in New Hope (New Hope, PA).
The artist has called Maine home for 40 years.

Shows

The Haley Farm Gallery, Kittery, Maine. Nature Beckons (4-person show) April into June 2023. 4 prints. Owned and operated by Jacqueline Abramian, Haley Farm Gallery, as implied, is a large, beautifully finished barn located in Kittery, Maine, functioning as an art gallery, gift shop and meeting place exhibiting works by local, national and international artists and fine crafts by world artisans. https://www.facebook.com/HaleyGallery/

NOTE: for the past decade the artist worked exclusively in steel. He enjoyed great success selling his steel creations in the following galleries and shows. His woodblock watercolor prints are new. Galleries and shows will be added as they come.

The Cove Gallery, located on the waterfront in Wellfleet, MA, is owned and operated by Liane and Larry Biron. An incredibly personable couple, Liane and Larry have drawn a very talented group of artists to their gallery. http://www.covegallery.com


Portland Trails, Portland, ME
Five of  Chris's steel alien sculptures are on permanent display at two locations on Portland Trails. Portland Trails transforms Greater Portland into a healthier community for people powered transportation, conservation, and recreation, by creating a network of trails and green spaces that connect people with places. With the addition of the aliens, Portland Trails provides artistic and aesthetic enrichment as well. http://trails.org/our-trails/

A SAMPLING OF PAST SHOWS
Hole In The Wall Gallery- Raymond, ME
The Bard, Portland, ME
The Gorham Grind, Gorham, ME
Harmon’s & Barton’s, Portland, ME
Heart Opening, Portland, ME
June Fitzpatrick Gallery- Portland, ME
North Dam Mill, Biddeford, ME
The Artist Space, Orono, ME
51 High Street, Belfast ,ME
Warwick Museum, Warwick, RI
Two hands Gallery, Camden, ME
The Phoenix Gallery, Portland, ME
The Plains Gallery- Portland, ME
East Carolina University Library, Greenville, NC

OUTDOOR ART SHOWS AND FESTIVALS
Channel Six Sidewalk Art Show, Portland, ME
The Old Port Festival, Portland, ME
Saco Street Fair, Saco, ME
Biddeford Street Fair
The Yarmouth Clam Festival, Yarmouth, ME
Maine Arts Festival, Brunswick, ME
Castlebury Fair, Gloucester, MA
Saturday Art Shows, Portland, OR
Naked In New Hope, New Hope PA

Contact Chris Newcomb

  • 47 Highland Ave. Gorham, ME- USA 04038

Interior Pieces

This is work I did prior to beginning to work with Woodblock Watercolor Prints. The following work is no longer for sale.

  • Blue Note

    22" x 22" x 3.5"- Cut, etched and painted steel. Framed.

  • Blue Note

    Close up

  • Blue Note

    Close up

  • Untitled Wall Piece

    8" x 8".

  • Ode to Kandinsky (in private collection)

    16" x 20" Cut, etched and polished steel.

  • Untitled Wall Piece

    8" x 8"- treated with pigments.

  • 3 x 3 (in private collection)

    A unique mathematical pattern. Cut, etched and oxidized with salts and grass

  • untitled

  • untitled

    12" in diameter

  • Couple

    8" x 8"

  • A Couple of Lines

    16" x 20"

  • Untitled Wall Piece

  • Orange

    8" x 10" Cut etched and treated with pigments

  • Dancing with Fire- (in private collection)

    8" x 8"

  • Many Ways

    8" x 8 "

  • Many Ways- 2

    8 x 8

  • Journey- (in private collection)

    10 x 12"

  • untitled-

    highly polished steel

  • Journey- (in private collection)

  • Tower- (in private collection)

    8" x 20"

  • Untitled Wall Piece

  • Untitled

    12" x 12"

  • Untitled Wall Piece

  • Untitled (private collection)

    12" x 12"

  • Yin Yang

    8" x 8"

Figures/Aliens

  • Yellow Figure- (in private collection)

    Painted steel, approx. 5' tall. (in private collection- Kirk Little)

  • Shadow

    Painted steel, approx. 5' tall.

  • Teal Figure

    Painted steel, approx. 5' tall.

  • Orange Alien with mechanical legs (in private collection)

    Painted steel, approx. 5' tall. (in private collection- Kirk Little)

  • Persimmon Alien

    Painted steel, approx. 5' tall.

  • Persimmon Alien (C/U)

    Painted steel, approx. 5' tall.

  • Lilac Alien

    Painted steel, approx. 5' tall. (on permanent display with four other aliens; Portland Trails, Portland, ME)

  • Ghost

    Painted steel, approx. 5' tall. (on permanent display with four other aliens; Portland Trails, Portland, ME)

  • Orange Figure (private collection)

    Painted steel, approx. 6' tall.

  • Grouping

  • Grouping

  • Grouping

  • Green Figure- Interior

    Painted and distressed steel. Approx. 2.5' tal (in private collection)

  • Green Figure detail

    Painted and distressed steel. Approx. 2.5' tall

  • Yellow Figure

    Painted and distressed steel. Approx. 2.5' tall

  • Red Figure

    Painted and distressed steel. Approx. 2.5' tall

  • Purple Figure

    Painted and distressed steel. Approx. 2.5' tall (Private Collection) (in private collection)

  • Red Figure- (in private collection)

    Approx. 2.5' tall. Painted and distressed steel.

  • Red Alien- (in private collection)

    Painted and distressed steel. Approx. 2.5 ' tall

  • Grouping with large and small figures

  • Aliens at Haley Farm Gallery in Kittery, ME

  • Aliens at haley Farm Gallery, Kittery, ME.

    Haley Farm Gallery has a wonderful expanse of lawn to display these Aliens. People driving by were quite enamored. Besides being a great way to display my work, it increased visitors to the gallery

Sculpture

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    Steel work for top of wooden fence (private collection)

    This is a video- this delightful piece was added to the top of a wooden privacy fence.

  • Trellis

    7' tall.

  • detail

  • Trellis

    7' tall. click to see full image

  • Trellis detail

  • Sunflower Trellis

    Steel, 5.5' tall

  • Carter's Trellis (private collection)

  • Geri's Gate (private collection)

    3.5' x 3.5 'Steel rod and plate with wood frame. (Sold)

  • Entryway (private collection)

    Click to see full image.This normally sits at end of walkway to home. It is shown here next to house so you can see it better. 6.5' tall. Cut, etched and welded steel.

  • Detail of Entryway

  • Gong (private collection)

    Steel, cut, etched and welded. 6.5 'tall. ((Private collection)

  • Gong

    6.5' tall Private collection

  • Trellis in yard- (private collection)

    Approx. 5.5' tall by 6 feet wide- private collection

  • trellis detail

  • Trellis

    7' tall. Click to see full image.

  • Trellis

    5.5 feet all, 5' wide. This is mounted on a deck in the summer as a screen and placed in the yard in the winter as a strong sculptural element in the yard. (Private collection)

  • Trellis

    Approx. 5.5 feet tall by 5' wide private collection

  • Trellis on deck at night

    Approx. 5.5 feet tall by 5' wide private collection

  • trellis on deck

    Approx. 5.5 feet tall by 5' wide private collection

  • Sculpture. "Dancing with Fire"- $900

    Click to see full image.

  • Sculpture. "Dancing with fire"

    Click to see full image.

  • Entryway

    Click to see full image.

  • Gong (private collection)

    close up private collection

  • Entryway

  • Gong detail

  • Gong in snow detail

    private collection

  • Trellis with saw blades

    saw blades have all been dulled. private collection

  • Star Trellis lawn (private collection)

    5.5' tall. 4.5' wide

  • Steel Gong

    Click to see full image private collection

  • gong (private collection)

    private collection

  • Steel Gong

    Click to see full image private collection

  • Click to see full image.

  • Trellis

    private collection

  • Trellis

    private collection

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Solar Luminaries

  • Solar luminary with Star design lit up (private collection)

    5' tall steel- welded, cut and etched.

  • Projected light image from Star Luminary on the snow.

    The projected images from the solar luminaries is fantastic all year. Here's a look at what it does in the snow

  • Solar luminary day

    5' tall. Click on image

  • Solar luminary- night.

    An eye catching element to any garden.

  • Solar Luminary- day. (private collection)

    5' tall. click on image.

  • Night

    The light patterns castbon ground are stunning.

  • (private collection)

  • In snow!

  • Luminary- day. (private collection)

    Showing recessed solar cells

  • Luminary detail- night

    Th.e patterns are amazing. Sometimes patterns within patterns

  • Solar Luminary- day. (private collection)

  • Luminary day

    Shadows play such interesting games.

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