by Jen Norton | Sep 6, 2012 | Art Business, Licensing and Design, Painting Stories
I wanted to share with you a recent design and art project I completed for the Berkeley Unified School District in Northern California. In an age of school budget cuts, Berkeley Unified has remained committed to providing its students with nutritious, fresh foods, and...
by Jen Norton | Aug 8, 2012 | Current Shows
Summer break is two weeks shorter for us this year since our daughter will enter a school that begins earlier. I’ve been taking care of school supplies, uniforms and, on top of it all, cleaning out my home for a block rummage sale. I bet I’m not the only one out there...
by Jen Norton | Jul 3, 2012 | Philosophy
What does it mean to be free? It’s such an abstract concept for someone who has always been relatively free. I mean, it sounds simple enough to understand, but how do we really appreciate freedom unless we’ve experienced the opposite? If you’re an...
by Jen Norton | Jun 18, 2012 | Art Instruction
I’ve been learning a little bit about iMovie and editing video from Canadian photographer Vivienne McMaster. My first attempt is this edited version of a demo I did in March of 2011 for the Los Altos Art Club. It needs some better music, but I’ll let that...
by Jen Norton | Jun 1, 2012 | Painting Stories, Philosophy
“Reach for the Stars”, acrylic on wood panel (original Sold) The vocation of being a dad is not for the faint of heart. I am a daughter, one of three sisters. I also have a daughter and mostly girl cousins. Almost every living being in our family, except my...
