by Jen Norton | Jan 6, 2012 | Art Business
It’s been my experience that most people who aren’t artists look at what we creative types do and think we know something they don’t. There’s an assumption that if something is made into tangible form, it must be true. The artist must have some kind of inside...
by Jen Norton | Dec 23, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s Advent Art Meditation is from Isaiah 2:1-5. (Scroll down to “Friday”.) This is my last post for the Advent 2011 theme, and I have truly enjoyed the journey with those of you who found me here! For my final Advent painting, I am sending you the Gift of...
by Jen Norton | Dec 22, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s Advent Art Meditation is from Matthew 4:14-16. Scroll down to “Thursday”. We have a humongous tree in our front yard. It’s the tallest tree on the block, and I don’t mean slightly taller. It’s literally three times higher than any other tree. I use it as...
by Jen Norton | Dec 21, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s Advent Art Meditation is from Luke 2:8-20. Scroll down a bit on the link to the right verse. The shepherds of Bethlehem knew something about respect…as in they probably didn’t get much of it! Shepherding was a dirty job. It paid very little, was...
by Jen Norton | Dec 20, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s Advent Art Meditation is from Matthew 1:18-25. Since I spent a while at the dentist today and went to a Christmas event tonight, I’ve done a pen and ink sketch this time! Poor Mary…God asked a lot of her. Here she was living a good Jewish teenage life,...
by Jen Norton | Dec 19, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s Advent Art-Meditation is from Zephaniah 3: 14-17 Zephaniah is a short book in the bible in which the prophet is warning Jerusalem (yet again) that there will be destruction because of their return to pagan practices and away from God. But he promises...
by Jen Norton | Dec 16, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s Advent Art Meditation is from John 9:1-7. We live in the disillusion that we know what’s best for us. Unfortunately, God’s plans do not revolve around our convenience. My brother was born with Down Syndrome, a mental disability caused by a genetic...
by Jen Norton | Dec 15, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s Advent Art Meditation is from Isaiah 40:1-11 (You’ll have to scroll down a bit to find the right verse) My daughter has been so over-exposed to art, she just rolls her eyes at the idea of any impending artistic event. There is one exception…she is...
by Jen Norton | Dec 14, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s Advent Art Meditation is from John 3: 16-21 If you’ve ever been to a football game, you’ve probably seen people holding up signage with today’s verse which begins: “God so loved the world that he gave his only son…” (who started that tradition anyway?)...
by Jen Norton | Dec 13, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s Advent Art Meditation is from 1 John 1: 4-7. John is talking about not just saying you know Jesus, but really “knowing” him in a way that makes it hard to fake. The Holy Spirit is like a pint of Guinness. OK, I know that’s a bit of a leap, but I...
