M.W. Skip Whitcomb -

Born in 1946, painter M.W. Skip Whitcomb has been interested in art since his childhood on a ranch near Sterling, Colorado; however, Whitcomb decided to pursue art professionally only after a university drawing professor provided the encouragement he needed. After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Art from the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles in 1971, Whitcomb moved back to Colorado and became acquainted with the loosely-affiliated but highly energetic Denver group of traditional painters, draftsmen, and sculptors that were instrumental in helping him become established as an artist. He has been painting ever since.

For Whitcomb, painting is but one facet of the creative process.For the artist, literature and music inform his art as classic painters. Each of Whitcomb’s paintings goes through a unique evolutionary process from sketch to field study to finished image. Whether working with oils or pastels, he is conscious of every stroke, every mark and each element of his painting is relevant and deliberate.

Whitcomb has participated in gallery shows and invitational museum exhibitions throughout the country, including the National Academy, New York; Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Gilcrease Museum, the National Academy of Western Art in Oklahoma City, and the Bradford Brinton Museum in Big Horn, Wyo. Whitcomb, who is listed in Who’s Who in American Art, is a past winner of the Grand Prize in Pastel Journal's International Juried Competition. He and his paintings have been featured in numerous magazines, including Southwest Art, American Artist, and Plein Air and his works reside in numerous public and private collections, such as those of Merrill Lynch in New York City and Senators Alan K. Simpson and John Warner. Whitcomb is also a signature member of Plein Air Painters of America and a respected painting teacher conducting several workshops each year. He is represented by Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe, N.M. and Simpson Gallagher Gallery in Cody, Wyo.