by Jen Norton | Nov 15, 2023 | Painting Stories
“The Wedding at Cana” by Jen Norton. 24×30″ Acrylic on canvas, $3600. Hope in the promise of God’s kingdom always involves a leap of trust for the fearful human heart. It means walking forth in spite of adversity, getting comfortable with vulnerability and...
by Jen Norton | May 22, 2021 | Painting Stories
“Pentecost” by Jen Norton. 20×16″ Acrylic on wood, $1600 SOLD. The Movement of the Holy Spirit My life has offered many moments of inspiration, some obvious and some obscure. Yours probably has too. Sometimes it’s about art, but not always. Maybe...
by Jen Norton | Apr 13, 2021 | Painting Stories
“St. Monica Prays for her Eldest Wayward Child” by Jen Norton. 20×16″ Acrylic on wood, $1600. God hears a mother’s prayer When I think of St. Monica, I’m not sure if I want to revere her for her perseverance in prayer, or criticize her for being...
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 | Dec 20, 2011 | Painting Stories
Today’s Advent Art Meditation is from Matthew 1:18-25. Since I spent a while at the dentist today and went to a Christmas event tonight, I’ve done a pen and ink sketch this time! Poor Mary…God asked a lot of her. Here she was living a good Jewish teenage life,...