Noble Hardesty
Swell Artist Collective's Noble Hardesty is a contemporary artist residing in Boise, Idaho, where he is a co-owner of Swell Artist Collective. Originally from Eureka, California, he was a pretty spirited kid who loved to draw and paint. To his mother’s dismay, his artwork routinely adorned the floors and the walls, but it kept him busy and away from the electrical outlets and so he was encouraged to spend his hours honing his skills with artistry. Straddling a fine line between fantasy and reality, Hardesty’s work is an exploration of the blur in between. He’s constantly creating, driven by an indelible desire for proficiency and endlessly inspired by the verboten; tattoos, comic books, cartoons, lowbrow culture, pop culture, essentially anything that is supposed to be hands-off or taboo. His process often begins with a novel idea for a title as well as research to refine concepts into images. He works with several layers of various colored pencils to develop a sketch. Following a transfer to masonite or birch, he applies several layers of acrylic to create an under painting which is then embellished to create depth, shade, and movement. From the violent and visceral to the soft and romantic, his wide scope of subject matter incorporates movement, hard lines, and candy sweet colors.
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Noble Hardesty is a contemporary artist residing in Boise, Idaho, where he is a co-owner of Swell Artist Collective. Originally from Eureka, California, he was a pretty spirited kid who loved to draw and paint. To his mother’s dismay, his artwork routinely adorned the floors and the walls, but it kept him busy and away from the electrical outlets and so he was encouraged to spend his hours honing his skills with artistry. Straddling a fine line between fantasy and reality, Hardesty’s work is an exploration of the blur in between. He’s constantly creating, driven by an indelible desire for proficiency and endlessly inspired by the verboten; tattoos, comic books, cartoons, lowbrow culture, pop culture, essentially anything that is supposed to be hands-off or taboo. His process often begins with a novel idea for a title as well as research to refine concepts into images. He works with several layers of various colored pencils to develop a sketch. Following a transfer to masonite or birch, he applies several layers of acrylic to create an under painting which is then embellished to create depth, shade, and movement. From the violent and visceral to the soft and romantic, his wide scope of subject matter incorporates movement, hard lines, and candy sweet colors.
More work can be found here: www.noblehardesty.com
