barbara noonan biography
Sometimes you enter a gallery and are drawn to color and bold shapes. This de- scribes Barbara Noonan’s soft pastel paintings and her interpretation of nature and everyday objects. Years of painting en plein aire and photography inform her compositional elements and play with light.
Working on microfiber paper, she frequently applies a watercolor wash then de- fines shapes with pastel. “The immediacy of this dry pigment is especially re- warding and permits bold mark making”.
Barbara has curated and juried exhibitions around the Northwest as well as pro- vided demos for local art societies. Her award-winning paintings are found in books, magazines and were included in the Art’s Alive LaConner, WA invitational. Her work has been collected internationally and she is locally represented by Matzke Fine Art Gallery on Camano Island, Lynn Hanson Gallery in Seattle and at Live Oak Gallery in Apalachicola, FL. You may recognize her name as the ju- ror for the Edmonds Art Festival in 2023.
She is a Signature Member of the Northwest Pastel Society and the Pastel Soci- ety of the West Coast, as well as a member of the Camano Art Association and Women Painters of Washington. Though retired from teaching art, she continues to attend self-directed art residencies annually to expand her skills.
You can subscribe to her newsletter or visit her website at www.MorninNoonanNight.com
Working on microfiber paper, she frequently applies a watercolor wash then de- fines shapes with pastel. “The immediacy of this dry pigment is especially re- warding and permits bold mark making”.
Barbara has curated and juried exhibitions around the Northwest as well as pro- vided demos for local art societies. Her award-winning paintings are found in books, magazines and were included in the Art’s Alive LaConner, WA invitational. Her work has been collected internationally and she is locally represented by Matzke Fine Art Gallery on Camano Island, Lynn Hanson Gallery in Seattle and at Live Oak Gallery in Apalachicola, FL. You may recognize her name as the ju- ror for the Edmonds Art Festival in 2023.
She is a Signature Member of the Northwest Pastel Society and the Pastel Soci- ety of the West Coast, as well as a member of the Camano Art Association and Women Painters of Washington. Though retired from teaching art, she continues to attend self-directed art residencies annually to expand her skills.
You can subscribe to her newsletter or visit her website at www.MorninNoonanNight.com