Local artist's work graces gallery in North Carolina

Four paintings by a Kalispell artist now are on display in North Carolina.

The Foundation for the Carolinas in Charlotte, N.C., recently added four large oil paintings by Marshall Noice to its art collection. The foundation bought the paintings from Waxlander Gallery in Santa Fe, N.M.

“I feel very honored to have such a strong presence in their public space,” Noice said.

“The four paintings they purchased are large pieces. They make a strong statement. The people of Charlotte, North Carolina, will get a good glimpse of Northwest Montana if they stop by and look at my paintings.”

The foundation came across Noice’s pieces “through the wonder of the World Wide Web,” he said. Foundation employees saw Noice’s paintings on the Waxlander Gallery website and purchased the pieces online.

Waxlander Gallery has been selling Noice’s paintings for 15 years.

“I got hooked up with them by filling my Dodge Caravan full of paintings and driving down to New Mexico,” he said with a laugh.

In addition to the Santa Fe location and Noice Gallery and Studio at 127 Main St. in Kalispell, Noice sells his paintings at galleries in Chicago; Washington, D.C.; Baltimore; Philadelphia; and Palm Desert, Calif.

Noice said he had not heard of the Foundation for the Carolinas before the organization purchased his paintings. He is, however, familiar with works by artists at the Penland School of Crafts, a well-known program whose artists have pieces on display at the foundation’s headquarters.

The Foundation for the Carolinas is a nonprofit community organization that assists people and businesses with charitable giving and supports other nonprofits.

The first floor of the foundation’s headquarters — the former Mint Museum of Craft and Design building — is maintained as an art gallery open to the public. Many of the works in the gallery were donated by local art patrons; the works reflect a variety of mediums, including clay, glass and fiber.

Noice’s high-intensity color abstracted landscapes now are part of the foundation’s permanent collection.

To see other examples of Noice’s work, visit www.noicegallery.com.