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...
by Jen Norton | Apr 21, 2019 | Painting Stories, Philosophy
“The Resurrection”12 x 12” Acrylic on wood Sold The Resurrection gives us an absolute re-alignment of power. In the story of Easter morning, we see that it is entrusted to each of us, woman or man, to be the branches, bearing the fruit of God’s Will on...
