by Jen Norton | Sep 19, 2020 | Painting Stories
“St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross” by Jen Norton. 11×14″ Acrylic on Canvas, $750 While working on this painting of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (aka Edith Stein), I was reminded of the color theory law of “simultaneous contrast.” This law states that...
by Jen Norton | Jun 7, 2020 | Painting Stories
“Mass Processional” by Jen Norton. 24 x30″ Acrylic on Canvas, $3600 I painted this piece a few months ago, but hadn’t posted it yet. Now, in light of recent events in our country and across the western world, I have cause to reconsider it with fresh...
by Jen Norton | Jan 26, 2020 | Painting Stories
“Last Supper” by Jen Norton. 40×30″ Acrylic on Canvas, $6000 If you knew you were about to suffer through something horrible, even to death, could you find a way to enjoy your last happy moment with your friends? Could you even take a bite of food? I...
by Jen Norton | Sep 29, 2019 | Painting Stories
“Mary’s Garden” by Jen Norton. 24×24″ Acrylic on Canvas, $3000 This painting started out as a whimsical piece about Mary walking in her rose garden. But sometimes our best-laid plans just won’t fly and we have to change course. I think I started...
by Jen Norton | Apr 29, 2019 | Painting Stories
“Easter Morning” by Jen Norton. 30x40″ Acrylic on Canvas, $6000 I was somewhere in my early 30s when the story of Mary Magdalene’s encounter with the risen Christ really resonated with me. I had lived enough to see inconsistencies in how men and women were...