Noel Donaldson

Noel Donaldson: Artist Bio
The tools that Noel Donaldson uses to create art, varies from time. He is just as comfortable with a graphite pencil as he is with paintbrush or palette knife. There is, however, a consistent thread that runs through each of his pieces.
Noel is a self-taught artist but fully understands the work ethic and commitment involved in artistic growth and excellence.
Noel's work consists of acrylic paintings on large canvas, larger mixed media pieces on canvas and recycled, distressed denim doll sculptures, which he refers to as his "Ancestral stitching".
Hugely influenced by the color pallets, structure and societal meaning of the great Mexican Muralist's, Noel is equally impressed with the aggressive styles of the New York Neo Expressionistic art scene in the 1980's. Raised by a Jamaican mother, in the South Bronx, in a mainly Latin community and being exposed at a young age to the hieroglyphics of street graffiti, one can see where both the cultural and artistic expression of his neighborhood would play a great role in his artistic sensibility.
Most recently, Noel took part in the Blue Door Art Gallery show in Yonkers New York, The Project Brownstone Art gallery show in Harlem and The Pool Art Fair in New ...