Mary Noon
Mary has been a practising artist since 2015. She moved from Surrey to West Dorset in 2018, and having retired at the end of 2021, she now has more time to devote to her interest in art.
Mary is intensely interested in texture and this tends to dominate her more recent work. Her colour palette is often limited, instead using texture as the emphasis. Her more recent work has seen a movement towards collage and collagraphs, the latter being prints made from a collaged plate. Her subject choice is varied, though there is a tendency to return to seascapes and landscapes, taking inspiration from the beautiful Dorset countryside and Jurassic coastline.
Acrylic paints permit the dramatic representations of wild seas, with texture worked into the acrylic, while watercolour is treated in an untraditional manner, often combining this medium with gesso or masking fluid to allow light and textures to be created. Mary continues to experiment and consequently, her work is continually evolving.
Mary also works in textiles. Her interest in textures have led her to move from dressmaking to patchwork which lends itself to adding further textures through quilting.
