April 14, 2020
Winter storm watch today in much of western Montana. That kind of weather is not especially unusual for this time of year. But I’m in my studio mitigating the cool temperatures with an underpainting in warm colors. Cadmium yellow medium, perylene red, pyrol orange, and quinacridone magenta! I’m curious to see where this beginning leads.
Marshall
“When it’s springtime in Alaska it’s forty below.”
~ Johnny Horton
March 26, 2020
With a little more home time on our hands one thing we can do is catch up on our reading!
I confess I’m an avid reader of about a book a week, and this one is my new favorite.
I think any artist will LOVE this book. Jerry Saltz is an extraordinary writer. I guess that’s why he was honored with the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2018.
Buy this inspiring and very readable book.
Marshall
“Something got a hold on me right now. Oh, it must be love.”
~ Etta James
March 17, 2020
What is it about a barn that I find so appealing? I’m happy to say our barn, which actually looks more like a huge garage, holds loads of good memories for me. Horses, cats, hay, kids, and music!
Barns are, of course, iconic. Especially in the West, where they seem to pop up in the middle of nowhere. Although you midwesterners and easterners certainly can lay claim to some fine examples!
Marshall Noice | Holt Stage Road (detail) | Oil on Canvas | 36x48
I guess when all is said and done I simply like to look at, draw, paint, and walk around barns once in a while.
Marshall
"Well, I said, come along my baby, we got chicken in the barn. What barn? Whose barn? My barn."
~ Big Maybelle
