by Jen Norton | May 11, 2012 | Current Shows
I’m all packed up and about to go set my booth up for Silicon Valley Open Studios 2012! Over the past week I have introduced you to a few of my fellow exhibitors. There will be 14 of us in all. The rest of the artists selling their awesome work at this location...
by Jen Norton | May 10, 2012 | Current Shows
Hi everyone…You may have noticed that I now do Home Portraits, one of the ways I am using my art to honor and celebrate family traditions and stories. I will have a few samples at my Open Studio this weekend for you to see. The great thing about paint is I can...
by Jen Norton | May 9, 2012 | Current Shows
Today I’m putting the finishing touches on my Garden Charms® for this weekend’s Open Studio. These are super popular because they allow you to hang art anywhere…kitchen, bath, even outdoors! And speaking of outdoors…. I want to introduce you to today’s...
by Jen Norton | May 8, 2012 | Current Shows
It’s going to be hot weather this weekend for our Open Studio, but maybe my coastal house art will make it seem like a day at the beach! I love my new 6×6″ paintings on wood panel. Each one is painted with layers of fluid acrylic on carved gesso. Plus, I’m...
by Jen Norton | May 7, 2012 | Current Shows
Hi Art Lovers and Fans… I’m getting all my art ready and planning my booth for my Open Studio this weekend, May 12 & 13, 2012. Today I put the hanging wire on this fun piece called “Cool Summer Salad”. Doesn’t it just make you want to eat healthy? And one of...
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...
