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January 15, 2019

Sometimes you simply must have a painting big enough.  And sometimes you simply must have a painting RED enough!  Those of you who have followed my work over the years already know this.  I love red.  There are times when no other color will do the trick for me.  Nothing activates a canvas or enlivens a space like the color red. 

My favorite red is Gamblin Perlylene Red.  (There, now you know my secret). It’s a transparent oil color. That’s something very important to me given my painting approach.  I’ll be writing in depth about why transparency in oil paint is essential (sometimes) in a future blog. 

In this nine foot tall painting titled “Lone Pine Maples”  I’ve added pinks, oranges and opaque red oil paint over the perylene red to create a tension filled color composition and an interesting surface.  The overall effect of the combination is very active almost “jangley.” 

Sometimes big really is better.  Never underestimate the power of scale.  Never underestimate the power of jangle. 

“In the jingle jangle mornin’, I’ll come following you”

– Bob Dylan –

Keep in touch, 

Marshall 

January 8, 2019

Welcome, I’m happy you’re here. I’m Marshall Noice, and I love to paint, mostly landscapes, in oil and pastel. Maybe it would be more accurate to say I love to play with color! Often I think my work is more focused on color than the landscape! But more about that later.

I live and work in the small Rocky Mountain town of Kalispell, Montana. My studio is in a Main Street building built in 1899 by the Haams Brewing Company. The building was originally home to the Silver Dollar Saloon. I paint in a big back room that used to be the kitchen. The front of the building houses Montana Modern Fine Art, a gallery for contemporary art that features the work of some of the finest artists anywhere!

My home is in the hills five miles west of town. I live on a small ranch with two Boston Terriers, Nigel and Phoebe (brother and sister), two Quarter Horses, Tony and Julio, and my wife Jackie. Our four kids are grown and on their own so it’s just the two of us and the animals at home these days.

In addition to painting I love to ski, hike, sail, play music, look at paintings and read art books. But of all the things I do in life that make me happy, painting brings me the most joy. I love my job.

So this blog will be about painting, usually about my painting, but sometimes about other artist’s paintings. And it will be about color.

Please contact me here or comment below.

Keep in touch.

Marshall

Welcome to my new website! I’ll post my next blog on Tuesday, January 8. And every Tuesday thereafter forevermore!