Rock Newcomb will lead PAL discussion

   The public is welcome to attend the Payson Art League (PAL) meeting on Tuesday, July 16 at 6 p.m.  The program will consist of a round table discussion and demonstration of how to prepare painting surfaces, such as canvas and how to use other supports like clay board for use in drawings, pastels, scratchboard, acrylics and oils.  There will also be a discussion of how to seal finished works such as mixing and varied methods of application.

   The discussion will be led by Rock Newcomb, a local well-known award-winning artist who works primarily in acrylic.  After a teaching career, he now paints full time.  His still life paintings emphasize Pre-Columbian and historic North American Indian objects.

Newcomb’s award-winning art has been included in several public exhibitions, including the Smithsonian Institution, the Stockholm Museum of Natural History, as well as the permanent collection of the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum and the City of San Dimas, CA.

   Newcomb encourages everyone to come to the roundtable discussion with painting supports and art materials to work with and use for show and tell.  Be sure to have your questions and suggestions ready, and pen and paper to keep up with all the ideas you may want to use later.

   The meeting will be held at the Rim Country Health and Retirement Center, 807 W. Longhorn.  Light refreshments will be served.