August 6, 2019
Happy to share this engaging piece about yours truly with you guys! This comes from Merritt Gallery and Renaissance Fine Arts.
I’m exceptionally proud to say Merritt Miller and Rachel Rubin are the second generation of owners representing me in their galleries in Baltimore, Chevy Chase, and Philadelphia.
That doesn’t make me seem old does it?
Hope you enjoy!
Let’s keep in touch,
Marshall Noice
July 30, 2019
The culmination of months of work in the studio usually results in a road trip. The travel is always filled with anticipation and the excitement of seeing new work on the walls of a gallery. I think every artist lives with the hope that his or her most recent work is the best ever. I know I certainly do!
So here’s a peek at the paintings ready to hit the road. In this case the road to Old Main Gallery in Bozeman, Montana. I’m reminded of the driving advice my daughter Sarsten would offer back when she was still a little kid, “Keep it between the mustard and the mayonnaise Dad”.
Let’s keep in touch,
Marshall
July 23, 2019
I guess this is what happens when we have a number of unseasonably cool days in July.
“Whitefish River Fall” is definitely painted in my typical “winter” palette. By that I mean yellow, lots of yellow! I sometimes refer to yellow as my artificial vitamin D! To be taken in liberal doses throughout our wonderfully cloudy and snowy Northwest Montana winters. But in July? Not unheard of, but assuredly unusual.
Be that as it may, I’m happy to share this new piece with you. All false modesty aside, I believe it is especially successful!
I hope you enjoy this not exactly mellow, yellow painting.
“I’m just mad about Saffron,
Saffron’s mad about me”
~ Donovan
Let’s keep in touch,
Marshall
We all face the challenge of how to carve out the time for the important stuff. We live busy lives in an increasingly busy world.
This very day I’m working on the habit of consciously living a simpler life. I ask myself, what can I not do? What can I do without? Not in an effort to deprive myself or to become a martyr to my art, but simply to make time for the people and practices that are most meaningful to me.
I think of Georgia O’Keefe cloistered in the solitude of her studio in Abiquiu, New Mexico. She left a husband and the art world of New York City to simplify her life and become one of the greatest artists ever. She carved out the time. Lots and lots of time.
Let’s keep in touch,
Marshall
July 9, 2019
I’m pretty much a 9 to 5 painter. I have friends whose studio practices involve working at all hours of the day and night, but that’s not for me. I need to go to work in the morning and clean my brushes and go home at night. And when I’m in my studio I paint! My regimen requires putting paint on the brush and brush on the canvas right off the bat. I don’t wait for inspiration. I don’t wait for my muse to show up. I go to work and know the ideas will come and the painting will happen!
Long ago I painted with my close friend Terry Nelson and in our shared studio our mantra was “Think it, do it”. Forty years of art making later I might consider adding one word to the mantra “Think it, do it NOW”.
Time is flying.
Marshall
July 2, 2019
It’s show week! I’m flying off to Santa Fe tomorrow, the paintings are going up on the walls, and the opening is this Friday. I always enjoy time in Santa Fe, the art scene, live music, world class museums, great food, and old friends always make for a good time. I’m already looking forward to red chile cheese enchiladas at The Shed, green chile at Horseman’s Haven, a chorizo enchilada at Tia Sophia, red chile pork tamales at Johnnie’s Cash Store, and sopapillas at la Choza. Those are some of my regular Santa Fe haunts. But when the trip includes a major exhibition of my work at my all time favorite Canyon Road gallery my anticipation really ramps up!
I would be honored to have you join me! The artist reception is Friday, July 5, 5-7p.m. at Ventana Fine Art, 400 Canyon Road, Santa Fe.
Hope to see you there. Come on down we’ll get together and share a meal of the world’s best chile! I guess it IS kind of an addiction of mine. I guess there are worse addictions!
Let’s keep in touch,
Marshall
June 25, 2019
As much as I love to paint large, I must admit some of my best work over the years has been small. The pastels I do in preparation for my larger oil paintings are often among my best work! Decisions regarding color, composition, line, volume, shape and contrast get worked out in pastel. Often that’s where the heavy lifting occurs. Once I’m working painting in oil on canvas I usually have a pretty good road map to follow.
Here’s an example of a sweet little 11×11 inch piece I recently finished. I believe there’s an oil painting lurking in there! I’m thinking 6×6 feet! Or bigger.
Let’s keep in touch,
Marshall
June 18, 2019
From time to time, usually at a show opening or gallery event, I’m asked which is my favorite painting. It always feels kind of like being asked which is your favorite child. I love them all so much!
But I have noticed that when I can come up with an answer, it’s frequently the newest painting. Yesterday I shipped the final crate of paintings to Santa Fe for my upcoming exhibit at Ventana Fine Art. As I was loading the work I packed a painting and thought, “This one is a great painting, this one is my favorite.”
You might have guessed it already, yes, it is the last painting I finished for the show. How predictable of me!
Let’s keep in touch,
Marshall
June 11, 2019
It’s less than one month until the opening of my exhibition at Ventana Fine Art in Santa Fe. Major shows such as this one are the culmination of months of work in my studio. If you can call it work! Play might describe the process more accurately!
I wish you could all join me for the opening on July 5th. But short of that we can give you a sneak preview. Over the next four weeks I’ll send you pictures of some of the paintings so you can get a peek at the show even if you can’t join us in Santa Fe.
I’d love to hear what you think of my very latest paintings!
Let’s keep in touch,
Marshall Noice
May 21, 2019
From time to time I’m asked where I find my inspiration. Frankly, I find it almost effortlessly! Like everyone I guess, I find it easy to put things off until the time is just right. But it’s amazing how infrequently the stars align and I find myself with brush (or pastel) in hand in front of some beautiful scene at some remote location I’ve been dreaming of visiting for years.
Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s worth planning the trips and making the effort to see the places you dream about. But I think it’s even more important to keep your eyes open, to stay awake and engaged with the world that’s around you at this very moment! Maybe it’s all you’ve got at this very moment. And maybe it’s enough.
Sometimes inspiration just sneaks up on you. Like this morning when I stepped out to this view of aspen trees we planted a few feet from our front door.
”You’re my soul and my heart’s inspiration. You’re all I’ve got to get me by.”
~ Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
Let’s keep in touch, Marshall
