Beneath the sky

Courtney Gallery

A 40 page book accompanying this exhibition is available here

In recent months I’ve been experimenting again with mixed media works on paper & trying to push the playfulness of this medium. This is a collection of some of these pieces. 

I’ve used small sketchbook notes and ink sketches as references, as these always contain the immediate energy and movement I enjoy seeing in my work. I’m less concerned with detail and specifics, choosing to focus on mood, movement, and mark making as my primary interest.

The experience of being in the landscape goes far deeper than its superficial appearance. A walk through a rainy meadow on an Autumn morning will leave an emotional echo in your mind. A rapid sketch made at that moment will help you to draw from this source of human experience as you work in the studio. It’s moments and feelings like this I’ve tried to put into this collection of paintings.

Not pictures of the landscape but paintings about the experience of being in the landscape.

Lewis Noble 2026