
I began painting seriously in midlife, after raising kids and working as a journalist and illustrator in Los Angeles. I take inspiration from the landforms and colors and energies around Ojai and the surrounding wilderness and try to get out of the way of what the pictures want. My aim is to capture the energy and spirit of place, the simultaneous feeling of awe and humility, of togetherness and singularity, of personal insignificance and limitless possibility.
Sullivan Goss Gallery in Santa Barbara featured my work in the 2023 exhibit “Betty Lane & Christopher Noxon: From One Generation to the Next.”
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Christopher Noxon: Sullivan Goss Gallery
Christopher Noxon will be showing in a two-person exhibit along with his late grandmother at the...
Read MoreChristopher Noxon: But what does it MEAN?
Sometimes I’ll start out with an idea – about the interconnectedness of nature, say, or the way landscapes are so often used as promotion in the exploitation or settling of wild lands. But then the tools take over, the paint starts moving and honestly I’m not thinking at all. Painting for me is a feeling, an experience, a devotional practice that exists way beyond words.
Read MoreSpirit of place: by Christopher Noxon
I paint landscapes mostly, pictures of mountains and valleys, rocks and trees and big drippy skies. I use a lot of color – I’m inspired by African textiles and Hockney landscapes and Huichol yarn paintings and Colorform toy sets. All of which is a big surprise to me – I never meant to be a colorful landscape painter.
Read MoreChristopher Noxon: Transfixed and and Grateful
There’s something magic about seeing artwork in the place where it’s created – it’s like...
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