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...
by Jen Norton | Nov 30, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s reading, John 1: 1-5, was much more comforting than yesterday’s. Yesterday was all trials and tribulations. Today is about the Light that outshines darkness. Thank God. Today, my darkness was time. I ran out. I needed more time, but I don’t have it, so...
by Jen Norton | May 18, 2011 | Current Shows, Painting Stories
I’ve been busy putting together my Open Studio show for this weekend, which is much like putting together a big banquet. Each piece must find it’s spot, hung in agreement with the work next to it. Loose artwork must be framed or varnished, dressed up and ready...
by Jen Norton | May 12, 2011 | Painting Stories
If you’ve ever been to a Christian wedding, you may have heard the reading from 1 Corinthians 13:4-13.* Real love IS perfect. The ability of humans to practice it, however, is a bit flawed. Stay in any relationship long enough and you’ll find out that...