Noelle Whitfield
“I see and experience things and they find their way to my canvas – sometimes I feel that I'm there and other times... I wish I were. I always see myself in my work, which is the only way I can make it come to life.”
Noelle Whitfield, born in Cleveland, Ohio, is an abstract impressionist who paints city skylines and landscapes. Whitfield's early influences include her father and grandmother, both painters and photographers. Her family relocated to Chicago at a young age where she continued to paint and experiment with many different mediums. This passion for art led her to study photography, where she worked professionally for over 15 years. Surrounded by the energy of the city of Chicago, somewhere along the way her first series of cityscapes were born. "One Sunday afternoon, I was with my family boating on Lake Michigan. It was a color photograph that I had taken of the Chicago skyline during golden hour. We were about 20 miles out. The city looked so small - yet every day I was living in it and it felt so big... it had an amazing effect on me. Once I printed the photograph, I knew right then - that I had to paint it. 'Chikoma' and 'Chi Town' were born..."
