Artist Information

Lawrence Alan Noble is a 57 year old artist/sculptor, born in Tampa, Florida. He was raised and educated in Houston, Texas and has resided in Crestline, California for the last seventeen years. He is owner of Noble Studio, a 32 year old company that specializes in design and sculpture.

His many achievements include American Artist Magazine (Cover and feature article, March, '83), designer of many motion picture advertising campaigns including "Time After Time"; "Flash Gordon"; "Sharky's Machine"; "The Empire Strikes Back" (10th Anniversary Poster) and more recently, he produced sculptures for "Searching for Bobby Fischer" and "The Rock". In 1972, Noble illustrated a poster for the George McGovern Presidential Campaign and in 1977 was commissioned by Time Magazine to produce a portrait of Presidential candidate, Hubert H. Humphrey. He designed an Olympic Gold Medal for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. In 1997, he sculpted the prestigious "Daytona 500" trophy. He is listed in the Millenium Edition of "Who's Who in the West" as well as Dunn and Bradstreet.

His company designed and produced the Star Wars Chess Set for The Danbury Mint as well as designs coins and medallions for the Franklin Mint. Noble Studio was commissioned to produce four drawings of Armand Assante and Jacqueline Bisset for on-air promotion of the 1988 ABC TV mini-series, "Napoleon and Josephine". His work is in the collection of many celebrities and motion picture directors and producers.

His first bronze sculpture, a life size equestrian monument to Civil War General, Philip H. Sheridan was unveiled in Chicago in June of 1990. He also sculpted the 7' bronze statue of Jack Benny which is located at the Epicenter, home of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Minor League Baseball Team.

He was commissioned to produce a bronze bust of Gene Roddenberry; creator of "Star Trek" as well as a life-size bronze statue of stage actress Lillian Russell and a half-size bronze of Diamond Jim Brady. Noble Studio produced the "Car of the Year" award for Playboy Magazine from 1990 - 1995 and is a regular contributor to the magazine, including the Millenium Issue (January, 2000).

He has recently been named Designer and is one of two sculptors selected by the California Fire Foundation to produce a bronze memorial and monument to California Firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty. The Memorial, unveiled in April of 2002 is located in historic Capitol Park in Sacramento, California. Noble Studio was also commissioned to design and sculpt the San Bernardino County Peace Officers' Memorial, a ten foot tall bronze monument to Peace Officers killed in the line of duty. It was unveiled in May, 1999.

His wife, Elizabeth works with him at Noble Studio and they have two children, Casey Josephine, age 19 and John Marlay, age 15.

Mr. Noble can be contacted at LNobleArt@aol.com