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 | 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...
by Jen Norton | May 23, 2012 | Art Instruction, Painting Stories
My Irish grandmother used to say, “Into every life a little rain must fall.” She wasn’t just stating the obvious. She was speaking a necessary truth. You can’t have “happy” all the time, no matter how much you wish it. But then, without the darker times, would we know...
by Jen Norton | May 4, 2012 | Art Instruction, Current Shows, Painting Stories
I have a never-ending stream of ideas running through my head. Sometimes it’s a good thing, or even entertaining. Sometimes it’s a stumbling block that keeps me from moving forward. I’ve always loved pattern. Pattern takes all that chaos and puts in into some kind of...
by Jen Norton | Apr 24, 2012 | Painting Stories
The painting above is titled “Patience,” one of the nine fruits of the spirit bestowed upon us by the Creator. In the U.S., Mother’s Day is coming up and I think most of us would agree that the vocation of motherhood requires a lot of patience. Moms are the primary...
by Jen Norton | Mar 14, 2012 | Painting Stories
When our daughter was about 9 months old, we traveled to Ireland (for the second time) for the wedding of some very special friends. Their family owns a traditional Irish cottage in the Cork countryside where we stayed for a week. It’s been renovated for traveling...
