Carter Noseworthy

Carter Noseworthy was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland (NF) in 2008. Both of his parents were born in St. John’s and raised in Conception Bay South, NL. They moved as a family to Halifax, Nova Scotia (NS) when Carter was just a year old. His father, an accomplished painter, was stationed in Halifax with the Royal Canadian Navy. His mother, a Speech-Language Pathologist, worked from home to raise Carter and turned her love of sea glass art into a small successful business.

Being a competitive gymnast since the age of 8, Carter devotes 20 hours a week, year-round, to training. He competes at the national level, representing Nova Scotia. In his limited free time, Carter enjoys pursuing his creative and artistic interests such as computer programming and 3D design, photography, sketching, and painting. Carter has always had an eye for detail, colour, texture, perspective, patterns, and design.

During the worldwide lockdown in 2020/2021, Carter had extra free time to spend sketching. He decided to use this time to explore the use of watercolour with his architectural sketches. It quickly became his favourite pastime. Drawn to maritime historical buildings, Carter decided to sketch and paint several well-known NL and NS landmarks such as Cabot Tower, Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse, and the Citadel Clock Tower.                                                                                                                            
His work was noticed locally by a reporter from CBC and an article was written and published online in May 2021 about his newfound talent and ability. The response was huge. The following week, his work was featured on CBC The National which drew attention from art lovers worldwide. He has been receiving commissions ever since.                                                                                                                                
In 2023, Carter became the youngest artist to ever be a part of Paint the Hydrostone in Halifax, NS. Three of his paintings were shown and sold at 14 Bells Fine Art Gallery. Being inspired by the artists who attended that event, he decided to experiment with oil painting, and it quickly became his favourite medium. His first official oil painting was selected by Argyle Fine Art, in 2024, to be a part of their 20th anniversary Pre-Shrunk Show and it sold on opening night.

In June of 2024, he was the youngest artist to have been invited to participate in the Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival, resulting in the creation of a Youth Division (under the age of 18). He captured top prize in the Youth Division with two oil paintings as well as top prize in the Youth Division for the Quick Draw Competition with a watercolour painting. All three paintings sold upon completion. In September of 2025, Carter’s watercolour painting, Last Run at Wentworth, was the first ever youth painting to be juried into the Open Water international exhibition organized by the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour. In the Spring of 2024, Carter was taken on as an Artist-in-Residence at 14 Bells Fine Art Gallery.                                                                                                                         
Carter hopes to study computer science and architecture in the future.