Spring Fever

March 29, 2022

Spring is in the air in Northwest Montana! We’ve switched to yellow wax on our skis and are enjoying velvety soft snow on Big Mountain.

Yours truly, Son In Law Austin, Granddaughter Solveig, and Grandson Oliver

A few thousand feet lower in elevation the course is open and the greens are greening up at Buffalo Hill Golf Club. It’s still a bit chilly in the morning on the links, and it’s getting a bit too warm in the afternoon on the ski runs.

So that can mean only one thing. It is officially “Ski in the morning, Golf in the afternoon season!”

Come join in the fun!

Let's keep in touch,

Marshall

We Are All Influenced

March 22, 2022

Lately I’ve been looking at the work of Dutch abstract painter Piet Mondrian, one of the pioneers of 20th century abstract art. Take a look at his paintings and it will be easy to see his influence on this, the beginnings of my newest work. If this painting goes where I think it’s going, the Mondrianesque references will become quite veiled and less obvious when the painting is finished. We’ll see what happens. I’ll post a picture of the completed work.

Marshall Noice | Work In Progress | Oil on Canvas | 36x36"

Here’s a quote from Mondrian that rings true for me.

“I believe it is possible that, through horizontal and vertical lines constructed with awareness, but not with calculation, led by high intuition, and brought to harmony and rhythm, these basic forms of beauty, supplemented if necessary by other direct lines or curves, can become a work of art, as strong as it is true.”

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Marshall Noice

How High?

March 15, 2022

It’s not usual for my horizon to slide toward the bottom of a painting. But, from time to time, I’m inspired by how the SKY looks! Case in point, this view looking west from Eldorado, New Mexico. Not to say we don’t have gorgeous skies here in old Montana. But this particular sky stuck in my memory, and it’s been niggling (is that a word?) away at me ever since. More often than not the horizon floats up toward the very top of my painting. But here’s an example of an atypical approach to my usually "high in the frame" horizon line.

Marshall Noice | Prairie Thunder | Oil on Canvas | 20x20" | 2,500. unframed price

I fear this is becoming somewhat esoteric, isn’t it. Regardless, it’s a dang fine looking sky, don’t you think?

PS: If this painting strikes your fancy it just arrived at Lustre Gallery in Telluride.

Let's keep in touch,

Marshall