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Glossary
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Karen Noles
Painting out of her home studio located on the edge of the
Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, overlooking the southern
end of the Flathead Lake, Noles has access to more than 30,000
acres of land both for recreation and artistic backdrop. Noles
rates horseback riding as her number one recreational activity.
Noles’ oil paintings feature the domestic life of the 1800’s
Native American , especially the early reservation time period.
For accuracy’s sake and in order to convey realism, Noles spends
hours researching each painting, collecting reference and museum
books on early Native American life and visiting museums to
photograph their exhibits. She then incorporates the “realism”
of her research with her inner images. One of the aspects Noles
enjoys most about painting this time period is the depiction of
the bead and quill work for which the Native Americans are so
well known. “I find that not only can I try to portray a
situation of that time, but I can also give honor to their works
of art”, says Noles.
Another detail which adds realism to Noles’ work is her effort
to use Native American models and wild animals in the photo
shoots for her paintings. “The children that I’m working with
now I’ve been working with for a few years; the parents know and
trust me. Children have such a wonderful imagination and do such
spontaneous things - some great paintings come out of it all.”
She often relies on a friend who rehabilitates injured or
abandoned animals, who will bring over a fawn, fox pups, young
lynx or perhaps a bobcat who are tame enough to be used in a
photo shoot with her child models. “Tepee Tender” is a
warm-hearted example.
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