Robert Patrick Coombs [NRA 2015]

 

First name: Robert ;
Middle name:
Patrick ;
Last name:
Coombs ;

Member: Non-resident artist member ; 
Begin:
2015 ;
End:
n/a ;

 

Biography:

Robert Coombs has a professional background in graphic design and art direction.

​He is a former corporate art director for an international energy company and a major pharmaceutical distributor. He has won several awards in graphic design and art direction.

Robert was profiled in “Graphic Design: USA” magazine’s July 2002 issue. He earned a BFA from the New York Institute of Technology where he studied painting and drawing under the late Prof. Valdis Kupris.

Robert was a member of the NYIT Mens’ Track & Field team where he competed in the pole vault and decathlon.

After retiring from the corporate world in 2010 Robert began his “second act” as a fine artist.

Since beginning his fine art career Robert was featured in an article in the Aug./Sept. 2013 Issue of Professional Artist Magazine, and his painting “Cherry Blossoms” appeared on the magazines cover.

Robert has exhibited his work at a solo show in MetroTech Center in Brooklyn NY, The Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, East Hampton at Lexington Co. and Montauk, NY.

He is a member of the Sharon Historical Society in Sharon Connecticut and has had several successful solo shows in the SHS Museum Gallery.

Robert is honored to be an elected artist member of the prestigious Salmagundi Club since 2015.

Several prominent collectors and notable Americans have purchased one or more works
by Robert Patrick Coombs, including:

Mr. Raymond J. Learsy, Board member of MoMA and Whitney Museum of American Art
Mr. Arnold Fisher, Chairman Emeritus at Intrepid Museum Foundation
Mr. Kenneth Shelley, 1972 United States National Men’s Figure Skating Champion
Ms. Carolyne Roehm, Author, Designer and Socialite

AWARDS

Historic Black & White Show Certificate of Merit
“Summer Breeze” 11”x14” Oil
2021 Salmagundi Club Historic Black & White Juried Show

Salmagundi Club Award
“Moonlight on Mink Hollow Road” 12”x12” oil on canvas
2018 Salmagundi Club Historic Black & White Juried Show

Third Prize
“The Christeen” 18”x24” oil on canvas
2017 Salmagundi Club Nautical Show

Historic Black & White Show William D. Zahn Award
“Sagamore Boathouse” 8”x9.5” graphite and ink
2017 Salmagundi Club Historic Black & White Juried Show

Historic Black & White Show Certificate of Merit
“Wasn’t Me” 9”x12” graphite and watercolor
2016 Salmagundi Club Historic Black & White Juried Show

Best In Show
Montauk Docks” 16”x20” oil on canvas
2015 Suburban Art League Open Juried Show, Syosset, NY

Award of Excellence
“Bikes for Sale” 15”x24” acrylic on canvas
2014 Suburban Art League Open Juried Show, Syosset, NY

Award of Merit
“Drooping Sunflowers” 18”x24” acrylic on canvas
2014 Suburban Art League Open Juried Show, Syosset, NY

https://robertpatrickcoombs.com

 

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Document information

Document permalink:
http://salmagundi.org/artist/?p=71496

Digital-born document number:
SAL.2021.71496

Record birth date:
June 17, 2021

Last updated: January 24, 2024 at 12:06 pm

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