MARILYN CLAY NOAD
ADDRESS OF STUDIO: 2410 LADERA ROAD, OJAI, CALIFORNIA 93023
PHONE: (805) 646-8531
EMAIL: mnoad@roadrunner.com

ARTIST STATEMENT 4/14/11

I work directly with acrylics on primed canvas with. no preparatory drawings. The point is to capture spontaneity and directness between he image I imagine and the image that emerges. I sometimes use a textured base and this is to allow for an organic coupling of the image and material.

My past work has been noted for it's use of color and layered structure. Often I mixed media using such materials that indicated metaphoric content such as tar, charcoal, rust , mirror and wood fragments. These are not merely surface adornments but are part of the layered structure of the painting and are selected for their inherent metaphoric qualities that allude to mutability. They have been aged and changed by natural processes.

Scale is important in the work because I want the viewer to be physically immersed in the image, and since water is often a subject treated, albeit in an abstract way, this is part of the viewing experience.
The same is true for my recent work. The subject matter refers to the universe and its destructive and creative processes so once again size is important. I wish the viewer to be swept up into the cosmic drama unfolding
.
Abstract painting is a huge category. My work is the kind of abstraction that is rooted in the natural world.
It toggles between inferred meaning / expression and references to geology, biology and astronomy. It's the poetry that comes from the unexpected juxtaposition of color and referred form that energizes and elevates the paintings.

EDUCATION

BA in Art. Attended SDSU, LBSU, and UCLA. Post graduate work at LASU. Studied with Dorothy Brown, Lydia Takashita, Sam Amato, and Robert Natkin among others. Traveled extensively with musician husband Frederick Noad to North Africa, Europe with extended periods in England and Andalusia.

PARTIAL LIST OF PAST SHOWS

Sept 2012 Karpeles Museum;,Santa Barbara, CA Solo Exhibition
July 2012 A&M University Foster Tanner Gallery (Tallahassee,Florida ) National Juried Competition
June 2012 Hadley Gallery, Raleigh, NC Narional ExhibitionMar
2012 Ironstone Vineyards Spring Exhibition
Feb 2011 LA GRANGE MUSEUM, Lagrange,, N.C. National Exhibition XXVII
July 2008 OJAI VALLEY MUSEUM Juried Show First Prize.
August 2005 SOLO EXHIBITION "Mutable" UC FULLERTON ATRIUM GALLERY
May 2002 CSUCI Channel Islands Art Center Gallery "Four Expressionists" CAMARILLO
(See Ventura Star Tuesday May 30th, 2002 for photo and review).
Mar 2000 UTOPIA GALLERY, Studio City, CA.-- group show.

From 1987 to 1995 I wrote two novels: GOING NORTH and THE FOOLSEEKERS.

Nov. 1986/ THE GORMAN GALLERY, Santa Monica, Ca.-- Erotic Art
May 1986 LA ARTCORE GALLERY, Los Angeles, Ca. -- Marilyn Noad, Kim Dingle.
May 1985 BRAND LIBRARY, Glendale, Ca.-- Group show.
March 1985 ART STORE GALLERY Glendale, CA. -- Woman's Show
April 1984 THE ART STORE GALLERY, Pasadena. " Dreams"
1983 Artist's Invitational, MiINSKY;S GALLERY, London, England
1980 Arts Foundation Show, Sharon Connecticut "First Prize".
1978 Woman's Show. Floating Wall Gallery, Santa Ana, Ca -
1976 Innerart Showcase, South Coast Plaza, Orange County, Ca.