Oil Painting 8×10″ panel The latest painting in my Meditations series – the beauty of nature’s objects juxtaposed with an object of manufactured perfection; beach stones and glass sphere. There’s something right or comforting to me to have these pairings. The clear glass is an inside/outside presence and has come to represent an observer. Me;… Read more »
Posts By: Norine
“Ellarslie Open XXVIII
Photograph It was a mob scene at The Trenton City Museum (Trenton, NJ) last night. Ellarslie Mansion is the name of the museum building where the annual juried Ellarslie Open is held. It’s a beautiful setting amidst the grounds of Cadwalader Park. I was happy to be included in this exhibition, and the accompanying one… Read more »
“A Walk in the Park”
Oil Painting 6×8″ canvas mounted There is so much pink and lavender in all that green. Please email me to purchase this landscape.
“Stuck”
oil painting 5×10″ panel Scattered throughout my house and studio are natural treasures: gorgeous seashells, beautiful animal skulls, woodcarvings from Africa and New Zealand, seedpods, a huge array of beach stones, bamboo and cinnamon. Many of these have appeared in the paintings and silverpoints on The Art Fly and many more wait in the wings…… Read more »
“Bamboo, Cinnamon, Glass”
Silverpoint Drawing 4.5×8″ prepared paper From the top: bamboo, cinnamon, glass. Three of my favorite elements drawn with a rod of silver metal on yellow-orange prepared paper, heightened with white ink and pastel. With time the silver will oxidize to its characteristic warm sepia tone. Silverpointwas used most extensively during the Renaissance era, before the… Read more »
“Siesta”
Silverpoint Drawing 5×10″ prepared paper An ordinary glass sphere with natural elements – that idea has been behind much of my work from the 1990s to this point. I’ve stopped wondering why and just go with it. Cinnamon sticks with glass sphere…I like the contrasting textures and shapes of these objects, and their natural elegance…. Read more »
“An Elegant Shell”
Silverpoint Drawing 5×7″ prepared paper Nature constantly inspires! I’ve seen many lathe-turned wooden vessels whose shapes are similar to the body of this elegant shell. Silverpoint is a drawing that is rendered with a wire of silver. This was used extensively during the Renaissance era, before the graphite pencil simplified things. The drawing surface must… Read more »
“Sphere with Pin-stripes”
Silverpoint Drawing 4.5×5″ prepared paper This is drawn with a rod of silver on specially prepared fine art paper. Silverpoint pre-dates the graphite pencil as a drawing medium and was used extensively in the Renaissance era. With time the silver lines tarnish to their characteristic sepia tone. See my website > silverpoint category for a… Read more »
“Curious”
Oil Painting 8×10″ panel This is one of the newest paintings in my Meditations series of work with natural objects and glass spheres. I’ve never quite found the words to describe what this is about – and I’ve been creating these works since the mid-’90s… Scattered throughout my studio are collections of beach stones, unusual… Read more »
“Shell”
Silverpoint Drawing 3.5×5″ prepared paper As stated many times previously on this blog, silverpoint is a drawing medium that was used extensively during the Renaissance era; pre-graphite pencil. The drawing surface must be specially prepared to allow for the slight abrasion of the silver. The metallic lines that are left will gradually tarnish (oxidize) to… Read more »