Noice Studio

Learning to Paint Small

The flowering crabapple trees, in fact all the flowering trees, are spectacular in Northwest Montana this spring. I’m not sure I’ve ever witnessed such an abundant display! Close to home inspiration is such a luxury.

This painting is another in the series of 12x12 inch works I’m engaged in. I’m learning to paint small.

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Marshall

Chet's Boulevard
Oil on Canvas
12x12"

Nature is usually messy. There’s one aspect of landscape painting that is a constant. That is, bringing just enough order to the painting that it resonates with a sense of place for me, without organizing the life out of it! Too orderly feels sterile. Too chaotic feels, well, messy. It’s a balancing act.

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Marshall

Dark Sky Above The Dance
Oil on Canvas
30x60"

Change of Season

Every season has a uniqueness that inspires me. But it’s the change of seasons that I find most stimulating. This painting, from a few years back, was made at the end of a dry summer, just when the canopy of leaves was starting to turn. The small pond is a couple miles north of Bigfork, Montana, just east of my studio. Inspiration is never far away!

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Marshall

Ann's Pond, Dry Grass
Oil on Canvas
60x48"