Local Artist

Ted Noble - Watercolor

My art career began in 1968, while teaching on Guam. As a result of mentioning to my wife how much I would like to paint the coconut palms, she presented me with some watercolors and told me to go to work. I developed my watercolors by experimentation, with a lot of disappointments, until art finally became a pleasant obsession.

During the seventies, my work appeared in many shows sponsored by the Creative Arts Center of Northern California in the Central Valley. In the eighties, I participated in art fairs throughout the Bay area. During the past twenty years, my work has been in many of the shows sponsored by Gualala Arts. I have been an active member of the North Coast Artists Guild since 1998, showing on the Studio Discovery Tour.

My medium is transparent watercolor. My style is representational but tends to be loose and impressionistic. Paintings are of larger sizes (22/28, 24/30, 28/36) to permit free application of pigment and water. The subject matter of my work ranges from landscape and human activities to portraits, still life and floral designs. The floral designs are often abstract and include some original techniques of "nature painting," that transfer leaves and flowers to watercolor paper.

Contact Information: Ted Noble PO Box 837 Gualala, CA 95445 Email: tnoble@mcn.org Phone: 707-884-4306

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