Marshall Noice

   Marshall Noice began his artistic career as a photographer. In fact, he earned his living taking pictures for 23 years. Some of the work was figurative, but most of it was landscape photography.
During the summer of 1977 he had the extreme privilege of being Ansel Adams' workshop assistant, an experience that profoundly affected his life. It happened at an auspicious time when Noice was just getting into photography. He had to sell the few pieces of equipment he owned to raise the funds necessary to travel to Carmel, CA, to work with the late, great master.
"I learned how to see light from Ansel Adams," he explains. "Adams was a great teacher. I really learned how to recognize landscapes through photography. I feel that my experience in photography has helped me to develop a heightened sensibility toward landscapes."
"I knew I would be ready to paint landscapes when I retired from photography," he says. "But the shift happened more suddenly than I anticipated."
"I experience a deep sigh of relief when I start a painting," he explains. "This is what I love to do. I paint for creative expression and for the simple joy of it."
   Marshall lives in Kalispell, Montana with his wife Jackie and their son, three daughters and their horses. When he is not creating his intuitive landscapes of the West in oil on canvas and pastel, Marshall maintains an extensive travel schedule from Baltimore to Tulsa to Chicago to Santa Fe and Jackson, WY. His work can be seen in galleries, museums and collections, both private and corporate throughout the world, as well as Murphy - Jubb Fine Art in Missoula, MT.