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Ted Noble began his adventure in
watercolor over thirty years ago. The coconut palms on white sandy
beaches on the island of Guam inspired him to start painting, and
watercolor seemed the best way. He has always been grateful for that
decision, because it led to so many years of pleasure and
fulfillment.
The formative years of his painting career, the 1970's, were spent
in Chico, California, where he studied watercolor techniques and
became a member of the Creative Arts Center of Northern California.
He participated each summer in the Forest Ranch Art Festival, and in
1977, the Center invited him to hang a one-man show in their Chico
gallery.
Following retirement in 1980, Ted devoted full time to painting
by joining the commercial art fair circuit, traveling throughout the
greater Bay Area with several fair promoters, exhibiting and selling
at street shows almost every weekend.
Since 1985, he has made his home in Gualala. Gualala Arts has
provided him with many wonderful opportunities for exhibiting art,
especially their Art in the Redwoods show each summer. More
recently, the North Coast Artists Guild has given additional
outlets, including the Artists' Studio Tour each September.
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Ted believes that in watercolor one should expect to see what the
name implies - evidence of lots of water mixing and conducting
colors. To him, that is the underlying beauty of a watercolor. It is
said, quite truly, he thinks, that a watercolor is always more
beautiful than what it seeks to portray, meaning simply, that the
technique is beautiful in its own right. Ted tries, therefore, in
his painting to remember this truth, even though the painting may be
very subject-oriented.
He has undertaken all types of subject matter in his painting
...landscape, architecture, portraits and people activities, but in
each case, he has tried to reduce the subject to its essential
quality or meaning by arranging the elements, choosing the colors
and tones in such a way as to achieve that aim.
In April, 2000, Ted was featured at the
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Dolphin gallery in Gualala with a watercolor show, "Memories of Portugal,"
based on an extended visit to Portugal in 1998.
In 2001, he worked on a series of paintings of the Sonoma and
Mendocino ocean and coastline in all their seasons and moods. This
series was the work he exhibited in a Sea Ranch show.
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Ted Noble
PO Box 837
Gualala, CA 95445
(707) 884-4306
tnoble@mcn.org
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