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An Exhibition of Paintings at Evie Salon

My Exhibition of paintings and prints Finding My Lines will be at Evie Salon starting in March and running through the end of May 2024. The reception will be held March 16th, come enjoy art, nibbles and beverages!

To celebrate I have opened my online shop with seven monotypes that will only be available here online.

Finding My Lines—Paintings by Noel Danforth

The secret of seeing is to sail on solar wind. Hone and spread your spirit till you yourself are a sail, whetted, translucent, broadside to the merest puff . — Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Artist Statement

I paint abstracts because I ﬁnd them beguiling. I use the word liminal to describe the space in which I work because it is an unformed in-between place that contains possibility and allows for not knowing. There is a ﬂow, and there is also a conversation.

Working with curiosity and embodied knowledge, painting is my conversation with the canvas. Putting myself broadside to receptivity, I work with my susceptibility to color and form. And like a conversation with a friend, the conversation grows deeper and richer as it develops.

The viewer also holds a conversation with the painting. Connection happens, or it doesn’t, but an ultimate joy in painting is when a viewer ﬁnds resonance with your work.

Paintings are totems of conversation. Good paintings are beautiful because they connect us—wordlessly.

exhibition, abstractionNoel DanforthMarch 6, 2024exhibition

Solo Show

It’s a Wrap!

The opportunity to show my paintings was a full-circle experience—from the silent ‘creation conversation’ in the studio to these sun-filled walls. It allowed the paintings’ conversations to continue with others, making connections. Sweet.

Some images from the show:

Inspiration, abstraction, PaintingNoel DanforthJanuary 24, 2023exhibition

An Exhibition of Paintings

Possibilities | Paintings by Noel Danforth

There are so many possibilities lying next to the impossible. –Tal R, Artist

Painting is my creative flow at the intersection of the left and right brain. Intuitive and attentive, it is a conversation.

While painting, I cultivate space to experiment and let go of knowing. I trust the conversation. Each mark suggests a new question, each response holds an unfolding story. It is this back and forth—this careful looking and listening—through which the painting emerges.

Living with art—abstract art in particular—can be transformative. It allows for gray areas, individual interpretations, and bringing one’s life experiences to the artwork. By identifying with the gestural quality of a line, the ambiguity of a shape, and the emotion of color, we gain insight into ourselves and others. Engaging with art is an opportunity to glimpse our interconnectedness. And, with curiosity, the possibility that abstract art can unearth transcendent beauty.

PaintingNoel DanforthOctober 16, 2022evie salonabstract art, exhibition

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