Jacob's Ladder

'Jacob's Ladder,' by Noelle McAlinden, Acrylic on Linen Painting, 2019

In this framed 24.8" x 24.8"acrylic on linen painting by Northern Irish artist, Noelle McAlinden, an imaginary landscape emerges with the suggestion of trees and Jacobs Ladder ascending. The palette is deep purples, reds and blues with touches of white highlighting the trees and ladder. The artist states that this painting is "reminiscent of reflections on happy times with loved ones now gone." The painting is framed in a white beveled wooden frame.

Originally from Maghery,(on the shores of Lough Neagh, Orchard County,Co. Armagh,N Ireland) the close association with references to the shoreline and her father’s family business, as a market gardener, the references to the precious cargo of the past and the evolving present of childhood memories and experiences have inspired Noelle's work. Living now in Fermanagh over 37 years, Noelle is a former student of TP Flanagan and Creative Adviser, Artist, Curator and Cultural Broker/ Programmer and Arts Activist and continues to be committed to supporting Arts and Culture across Education, Community, Voluntary, Youth and Health Sectors.

Noelle's work varies in size, scale, subject matter and treatment, from large-scale oil paintings to small mixed media pieces on canvas. Many are vibrant in colour and texture that appeal strongly to the eye. The work to date has evolved from the figurative/narrative tradition. Her abstract works are inspired by experiments with colour, texture, light and semi animated marks, traces of life that somehow continue to be figurative. The paintings in oils and acrylics cover surfaces and canvasses that have been distorted, distressed, layered with texture and colour, with fragments that have been constructed and deconstructed exposing colour beneath the surface.