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Showtime!

June 22, 2023

The opening of my annual show in Santa Fe is fast approaching. Here’s a look at one of my favorites. The Stillwater River runs through the east side of my hometown, Kalispell, Montana. This riparian zone provides me with seemingly endless inspiration. Especially in the fall.

Marshall Noice | Stillwater, Height of Fall | Oil on Canvas | 36×48″

Join us for the exhibition at Ventana Fine Art. I’ll be there for the reception on July 7th. I’d be happy to see you!

Let’s keep in touch,

Marshall

Day One – Negative Space

June 7, 2023

I try to make every painting interesting to my eye at every stage of the process. Here’s an example of visualizing the negative space and filling in the areas that surround it. Simple but effective.

And I will admit that it’s ALWAYS about making the painting interesting to my eye.

Let’s keep in touch,

Marshall

One, Two, Three, Four!

May 26, 2023

Here’s something I’ve learned from my art making practice. Have faith in your process. From my perspective, a paintings’ most important value is not the finished painting itself, but the ideas that work generates. When everything falls into place perfectly, one painting leads to the next painting.

Here’s an example of one painting that led me to not one, but three more paintings!

Let’s keep in touch,

Marshall

The Exception That Proves The Rule

April 27, 2023

I’ve long adhered to the belief that warm colors adjacent to cool colors make for a dynamic, expressive color composition. And, I won’t deny that the tension created by warm – cool contrast is something I appreciate in a painting. Something essential even.

Marshall Noice | All Blues | Oil on Canvas | 36×36″ | 6,300.

Having said that, here’s an example of a painting in almost exclusively cool colors that I find pretty close to perfect! No red, orange or yellow required.

Let’s keep in touch,

Marshall

Old Dog, New Tricks

April 20, 2023

Some mornings the light is more sublime than other mornings. This was one of those jaw droppingly sublime mornings. Happy to bear witness, even if I was required to eschew my typical high chroma approach to color in the landscape!

Marshall Noice | Morning Blush | Oil on Canvas | 20×20″ | 2,500.

As is often the case, the most profound lessons arrive when I’m in front of a canvas with brush in hand. Maybe, after all these years, I can learn that color doesn’t necessarily have to be big to be beautiful. I think I’ll go start another painting in soft colors.

Let’s keep in touch,

Marshall

First Glimpse

April 13, 2023

Well, believe it or not, I’ve put the finishing touches on the first eight paintings for my July exhibition at Ventana Fine Art in Santa Fe. I thought I’d share a sneak peek with you.

Marshall Noice | First Glimpse | Oil on Canvas | 48×48″ | 9,300.

Here’s a painting that leans a bit more strongly toward realism than is typical for me. But looking across the hillside south of my new studio I was taken with a stand of still needle free larches. Here in Northwest Montana the larches turn a brilliant golden yellow in the fall just before they drop their needles, and in the spring make an even more stunning display when the new needles emerge in a bright chartreuse color. I love larches!

Let’s keep in touch,

Marshall

Time To Move On

March 9, 2023

Well, here’s a snapshot of my world! We’ve moved out of our downtown Kalispell studio and gallery and I’m moving box after box into my new painting studio just north of the paddocks and stables at our home. Exciting changes, but what a project! Couldn’t have accomplished it without the help of three generations of family! Thanks especially to daughters Carly and Sarsten and grandson Oliver.

“Yeah, it’s time to move on, time to get goin’”
Tom Petty

Let’s keep in touch,

Marshall