Wes
Newton
Artist Biography
Artist Biography
Early in
life, Wes A. Newton was identified as an artist among
his family and peers. Newton started drawing when
inspired by watching his dad sketch and paint. A paper
pad would often become his playground.
In 1985, Wes Newton earned his bachelor's
degree in fine art. He has studied at the Art Student's
League in New York as well as with nationally recognized
artists Wayne Wolfe, Jim Wilcox, David Leffel, Dick
Goetz, and Scott Christensen. Though his work is impressionistic,
he seeks to capture the reality of a moment, whether
it is a wildlife scene, landscape or even a still
life.
He paints on location as often as
he can in the mountains of Colorado, Wyoming and Montana.
From these travels he returns to his studio in Oklahoma
City where he paints his experiences for others to
enjoy. "Though art is a great investment, I hope
that those who purchase or collect my work, do so
because it brings them the same pleasure to look upon
it as I did when I experienced it."
Wes has participated in the American
Art in Miniature exhibitions at the Gilcrease Museum
in Tulsa in the 1998-2002 exhibitions as well as the
Western Visions Miniature Show at the National Museum
of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in the 2000
and 2001 exhibitions. He is also an invited artist
in the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters National
Exhibition.
His paintings are represented in galleries
in Montana, Wyoming and Oklahoma City.
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