Countdown

June 8, 2021

One month from today my exhibition opens at Ventana Fine Artat 400 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico! I would love it if you’d stop by, say hello, and have a look at my thirty eight newest paintings. Whew! Thirty eight, but who’s counting!

Marshall Noice | Last Green of Fall | Oil on Canvas | 36x36" | 6,300.

I confess I usually feel my most recent work is my best work ever, but the truth is, and it really is the truth, this is my best work ever. I won’t be hard to spot. I’ll be the guy wandering around the gallery with a big smile on his face!

Let’s keep in touch,

Marshall

Inspiration

June 1, 2021

When I think of the nineteenth century Austrian painter Gustav Klimt’s work, his iconic figurative painting "The Kiss" immediately comes to mind. While this is certainly the best known of his paintings, he depicted a variety of subjects.

Gustav Klimt | The Poplar Trees II

Lately I’ve been enjoying looking at his wonderful landscapes. He brings the same highly decorative style to every subject he portrays. The results are inspiring!

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Marshall

Four Painterly Considerations

May 25, 2021

I’ve mentioned in the past four painterly considerations I find important to my work. They are: light-dark, thick-thin, hard-soft, warm-cool. These are things I look for in my work when I’m nearing the end of the painting process. You can usually, but not always, see all four of these elements in my finished work.

Marshall Noice | Whitewater, Marias Pass | Oil on Canvas | 48x48" | 9,300.

Here’s what I’m talking about. Light-dark is pretty obvious, I think. I like to see light-dark contrast somewhere in the painting. Thick-thin refers to heavy impasto or lack thereof. Hard-soft is about adjacency, I like to see both hard edges and soft edges where colors are adjacent to one another. The edge quality seems to change the way in which colors “speak” to each other. And last of all, warm-cool. Well, here’s a pretty good example of that!

Let’s keep in touch,

Marshall