Alex Noble

My name is Alex Noble and I'm Artist working out of Tokyo Japan.

Since leaving my hometown Perth, Western Australia in 2000,
I have lived and travelled all throughout Asia. I first began
painting in Singapore where I worked as an Advertising Art Director. Although trained as a Graphic Designer, my painting
was completely autodidactic and it has been a great journey
of self-discovery and experimentation for me ever since.

Currently my interest with painting and drawing is a personal reaction to today's digital age of mass production, where everything is perfect and exact and nothing is unique anymore.
I like the idea of making an imperfect mark. I like my art to be "the one-off, never to be repeated" type of art.

Being a commercial Artist has taught me many different creative lessons about time, quality and the expectations of others.
So I'm no brute caveman from the 20th century who rejects modern technology. Rather, digital tools have an important place in my work process, and in fact, many digital tricks go into my work before I even touch brush to canvas. However, for the end result,
I strive to produce a man-made and man-crafted work of art, for that has greater individual value to people compared to ...