Biography

William Noonan is an artist living in the Hudson Valley of New York State. After a career in publishing, at The Village Voice in New York City, William has returned, full-time, to his first love–fine art. He has a BFA from SUNY Purchase and has since studied at the New York Academy of Art, the Woodstock School of Art, The International School of Art-Umbria Italy, and the Art Students League of New York. A major theme in William’s work is the human figure. With a special interest in portraiture he explores the figure in its unique and its universal implications. A deep love of Italian art and the investigation of his own Italian heritage, through travel and study, inform his work. While drawing on European traditions, his work is clearly part of the continuum of American Realism, from Homer to Hopper to Hockney.