Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick

“Saint Patrick” by Jen Norton. Acrylic on wood; 16x20″, $1400 Here we are already in March, so I’d better get to it and share my newest saint painting…ta-da!…St. Patrick! Inspired by his story (he’s more than green beer and shamrocks), his...

A Little Cottage on an Emerald Isle

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...

Bless This (Colorful) House

“All is changed, changed utterly;  A terrible beauty is born.” –WB Yeats in his poem Easter 1916. The most deeply beautiful things of this world are often formed from a mix of grace and pain. It’s true of art, of people, of family. And it’s certainly true of Ireland....

Pig Racing in Ireland

  On a recent trip to Ireland our adventures took us to Belturbet to watch Pig Racing. Not even all the locals know about this high point of culture. In fact, we arrived early unable to find where the races were to be held. At 3:30pm, there was not a sign, crowd,...