art by NOELLE
GREAT TO MEET YOU
Noelle Stoffel
art by NOELLE
GREAT TO MEET YOU
Noelle Stoffel
Being an artist was my destiny.
It all started when …
A s a little girl growing up in Wisconsin, I dreamed of being a professional artist, working for Hallmark Cards—I actually wrote “HallNoelle” or “NoelleMark” on handmade cards I gave to relatives. My parents supported this dream: my dad took art classes with me, and they both drove me to art classes every weekend. Their friends asked me for my paintings and autograph. Later, my parents enrolled me in a high school for the arts. Then, I received scholarships to several art schools, finally choosing the Kansas City Art Institute. I fell in love with Kansas City and its people. Moving to Kansas City and attending KCAI allowed me to fulfill my dream of designing for Hallmark Cards.
After fulfilling the Hallmark dream, it was time to move on to the next one. Showing my work in galleries was something I’d always wanted to do. I’m grateful that a couple of galleries in Milwaukee and Kansas City took a chance on me when I started, and I’ve since worked to expand my exhibitions in a number of others throughout the country.
As an abstract expressionist, I love passionate mark making and have an appreciation for changing color palettes. I am often a scavenger, inventing new tools out of something that has been discarded. I might pick up something from the street or tear apart fabric from an old dress, and see what I can create from my discovery. It is very satisfying to turn such “trash into treasures.” Using large brushes is especially freeing for me. Palette knives, spoons, forks, old credit cards, old metal scraps–pretty much anything goes in my book!
And Now …
I create paintings for galleries, for corporate and private commissions, and hold in-person and virtual art exhibitions. I guide people interested in collecting art by helping them figure out their color schemes, and personalizing and beautifying their personal spaces. I’ve sold collections to high profile corporations, been invited to speak to artist groups about the art business, have displayed work in the Symphony Designers’ Showhouse, and hold women’s retreats about mindful art.
Speaking of dreaming …
T here are many ways to find inspiration. As a visual person, I see something and can immediately turn it into a piece of art in my mind. Unique textures, the shapes that clouds form, old doorways, water, seashells, rocks, shadows, and even rusted metal get my imagination going. Someone may look at a pile of construction materials and see a mess, while I see potential. When traveling, I enjoy gazing out the window of an airplane, or taking a boat ride and getting a different perspective. Cultural differences inspire me to create.
Nature is something that I adore, especially with all the array of colors—fruit, plants, trees, flowers, and sunsets. Something in nature, such as the palette of changing leaves runs through my mind like a daydream. Painting is something that I find calming and as natural as breathing. I also love words and their meanings, how they connect to the art, and think long and hard before naming my paintings. Having a career doing what I love brings an incredible sense of fulfillment.
Psst …. It’s a little-known secret that I often paint to music.
OLD BUILDINGS
RUSTY METAL
Finished Piece
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Seeing my art and meeting me …
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FRIDAY
What
I enjoy working one-on-one with people, and hosting “First Fridays” art gallery openings in my shared studio/gallery. It’s a great opportunity to not only meet me, but also fellow art lovers. First Friday offers a casual, fun atmosphere for the whole family. Tour the neighboring galleries, check out the local action, and stop by to see me and the four other artists in my studio. We present our latest projects in progress and works for sale. Come see us!
Where
M y shared studio/gallery is at Studio Above. We close from time to time however, are typically open the First Friday of the month, from 6pm-8pm.
Studio Above is my shared studio located above the Leedy Voulkos Art Center at 2016 Baltimore Ave. Kansas City, Missouri 64108. We are on the second floor. Enter through the 2016 entrance by the flower shop, The Cottage Rose, and head up the stairs. Street parking is limited, so park at nearby restaurant after grabbing a bite to eat. It’s a short distance from Lidia’s or Jack Stack Barbeque. Or take the streetcar to Main and 19th, and walk over.
professional
BIO
My collectors live around the globe, and include corporations, banks, hospitals, and individuals with private residences from New York to California, the Bahamas, Mexico, and the Cayman islands. My work has been featured in multiple magazines and on HGTV’s “Bargain Mansions.”
Public Collections
American Century’s Global headquarters in New York, and American Century, Kansas City
Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s corporate office, Kansas City
Truman Hospital, Kansas City
Uvanta Health Hospital, Kansas
Coldwell Banker, Kansas City
Bank Midwest, Kansas City
St. Luke’s Hospital(s), Kansas City
Heartland Surgery Center, Nebraska
Burd & Fletcher, Kansas City
Williams Technology, Atlanta
The Department of Homeland Security, Utah
Central Piedmont Surgery Center, North Carolina
Miami Medical Center, Florida
Houston Physicians Group, Texas
Summit Medical Center Casper, Wyoming
Baird Financial in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Black and Veatch, Kansas City
Spaces Magazine, Kansas City
Shawnee Mission Hospital, Overland Park, Kansas
Uvanta, Kansas City
Sulgrave Regency Plaza: Kansas City, Missouri
Cyberknife-Bucks: Bensalem, Pennsylvania
MIQ Logisitics: Overland Park, Kansas
Milliman Inc.: Omaha, Nebraska
Monarch Surgery Center: Leawood, Kansas
Wingspan Group: Kansas City, Missouri
Publications
Leawood Lifestyle
Johnson County Lifestyle
Kansas City Voices Magazine by Whispering Prairie Press
Verge Magazine
American Art Collector
Featured as the Not So Starving Artist in the RedDotBlog by Xanadu Gallery
The Kansas City Star
EXHIBITIONS
- October 9, 2021- Lake Quivira Homes Tour Pop Up
- April 2020 -Symphony Designers’ Showhouse Kansas City
- December, 2018 – February, 2019 – Truman Medical Center
- February 8, 2018 – FLOCK, Kansas City
- October 13, 2017 – Leawood Fine Art Gallery
- June 11, 2017 – Second Presbyterian Church
- April 28, 2017 – at Leawood Fine Art Gallery, hosting Leawood Arts Council.
- March 3, 2017 – April 7th – Leedy Voulkos, Kansas City
- October, 2016 – at Leawood Fine Art Gallery.
- June, 2015 – Leawood Arts Council Art Show by Leawood Fine Art
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