MC Noyes Water Way
December 15 ~ February 10
Join us on 3rd Friday Gallery Night December 15 & January 19th from 5-7pm for opening receptions and to meet the artists
MC Noyes solo show “Water Way” of ink wash paintings opens
Canal Street Art Gallery presents: MC Noyes Water Way solo show, premiering the artist's newest series of ink wash paintings. The MC Noyes Water Way solo show opens December 15th and is on view through February 10th. Join us on 3rd Friday Gallery Night in Historic Downtown Bellows Falls, December 15th from 5-7pm to celebrate and meet the artist. All gallery events are free, open to the public, and family friendly. For wheelchair access call 802-289-0104 upon arrival.
Michael C. Noyes, based in Bellows Falls, Vermont, has long maintained an oil painting practice which has been influenced by the artist’s study of ink wash on paper, and of Chinese calligraphy and painting. The artist’s newest series, Water Way, evolved into using ink wash as a primary medium. The materials the artist uses include handmade Xuan and Mulberry paper of several thicknesses, each made respectively from the bark of the Blue Sandalwood tree, the Mulberry tree and leaves, and rice stocks, along with other ingredients and lengthy processes used for over a thousand years in China. Brushes consist of natural hairs, all with specific purposes, made for example from goat, sheep, rabbit, weasel, bear, and horse. The traditional ink sticks are composed of pressed powdered pigments bound with gelatin. These are ground with water on a stone to emulsify a thick ink.
“I am drawn to the immediacy, permanence, and challenge which ink wash painting presents. The traditional techniques are hard to master and involve learning to grind inks to a proper consistency, choosing the paper, brushes, inks and colors to use and then applying one color at a time. The preparation which goes into one brushstroke is most of the process. This is why calligraphy is practiced to gain the skills needed to paint. It is attempting to control the uncontrollable. Practicing the materials and techniques of Chinese ink painting and calligraphy is what I am in pursuit of by creating my Water Way series.” -MC Noyes
Noyes’s first hand made stab bound book of original paintings, a collaboration with Len Emery Photography, is also to be presented during the Water Way solo show, and is entitled Bubble Book 1. This book is a representation of using bubbles on the surface of flowing water as a visualization tool to detach the mind from intrusive thoughts and bring it back to the present.
Artworks in the Show
MC Noyes
Water Way 23
2023
hand ground ink on handmade single weight raw Mulberry paper mounted on archival foam board
14 x 11 in
Sold
MC Noyes
Water Way 24
2023
hand ground ink on handmade single weight raw Mulberry paper mounted on archival foam board
14 x 11 in
Sold
MC Noyes
Water Way 29
2023
hand ground ink on handmade single weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
24 x 18 in
$500
MC Noyes
Water Way 30
2023
hand ground ink on handmade single weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
24 x 18 in
$500
MC Noyes
Water Way 31
2023
hand ground ink on handmade single weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
24 x 18 in
$500
MC Noyes
Water Way 32
2023
hand ground ink on handmade single weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
14 x 11 in
$180
MC Noyes
Water Way 33
2023
hand ground ink on handmade single weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
14 x 11 in
$180
MC Noyes
Water Way 34
2023
hand ground ink on handmade single weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
14 x 11 in
Sold
MC Noyes
Water Way 35
2023 handmade
hand ground ink on single weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
14 x 11 in
Sold
MC Noyes
Water Way 36
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Mulberry paper mounted on archival foam board
55 x 27.5 in
$3200
MC Noyes
Water Way 37
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
10 x 8 in
$90
MC Noyes
Water Way 38
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
10 x 8 in
$90
MC Noyes
Water Way 41
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
7 x 5 in
Sold
MC Noyes
Water Way 42
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
7 x 5 in
Sold
MC Noyes
Water Way 44 - 65, Bubble Book 1, handmade stab bound book of original artwork
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
11 x 17 in
Sold
MC Noyes
Water Way 69
2023
hand ground ink on handmade double weight raw Xuan paper
54x 27 in
$3200
MC Noyes
Water Way 84
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
7 x 5 in
$50
MC Noyes
Water Way 85
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
7 x 5 in
$50
MC Noyes
Water Way 86
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
7 x 5 in
Sold
MC Noyes
Water Way 87
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
7 x 5 in
$50
MC Noyes
Water Way 88
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
7 x 5 in
$50
MC Noyes
Water Way 89
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
7 x 5 in
Sold
MC Noyes
Water Way 91
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
7 x 5 in
$50
MC Noyes
Water Way 92
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
10 x 8 in
$50
MC Noyes
Water Way 95
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
10 x 8 in
$90
MC Noyes
Water Way 96
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
10 x 8 in
$90
MC Noyes
Water Way 97
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
10 x 8 in
$90
MC Noyes
Water Way 98
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
10 x 8 in
$90
MC Noyes
Water Way 99
2023
hand ground ink on handmade triple weight raw Xuan paper mounted on archival foam board
10 x 8 in
Sold
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