About me

My early family life and childhood was very traumatic and I closed myself off for a very long time. This cost me my marriage and sent me into a depression that lasted for years. When I had had enough, I set about healing my pain myself through meditation & breathwork. During my healing process, I decided to look at and express my life’s struggles & traumas through my artwork. Not only as a means to express my pain and healing, but also with the hope that I can touch the hearts of those that are hurting from their own traumas. By showing my imperfections and my working through them, I want to create a space for people to know that it’s ok to show their hurt and their healing, and that they have the power to change their suffering as well. If I can do it so can you.

About the work

I examine the human condition & the interconnection we have between each other. I celebrate how unique and individual our lives are and yet how at the same time, we all share a common bond with each other.

It is my intention that my work will bring the viewer to question their purpose in this world and how they can benefit the lives of others.

I work in the abstract with my mediums being photography, painting and found object.

Bio

Norman was born in the UK of Irish & Jewish parents. He started off with a love of photography and then pen and ink drawings. He had his first gallery show at the age of 16 at the Centaur gallery in London. At 18 he attended Hackney college in London, UK, where he studied painting/decorating craft and technique completing the basic and advanced courses. He then went on to do a 4 year apprenticeship with Ashby & Horner (decorators to the Royal family) learning the art of old world finishes & techniques under a veteran craftsman. He moved to LA in 1986 and went on to own the 3rd biggest custom house painting company in Los Angeles, painting the homes of many luminaries and celebrities.

He attended Otis art college, Pasadena art college and also Korpus art school, but is mostly self taught.

He has his artwork in private collections and also in the permanent collection of St. Josephs hospital, Burbank. CA. 

He lives and works in Los Angeles, California

Here are some of the places that he has exhibited:

2022 Holiday group show, Laguna art gallery

2020    “My Hero’s journey” virtual solo art show

2018    Pop Obscure. Group show. Los Angeles. CA

2014    Mods and Rockers. Group show. Los Angeles. CA 

2014    The A&I Photo Lab, group photography show, Los Angeles, CA

2013    Society of Elvis’s solo show, Los Angeles, CA

2012 Holiday group show. St Josephs hospital 

2010    Festival of lights. Group show. Los Angeles. CA

2009    Gallery 825. Group show. Los Angeles, CA

2007    Spring Arts Collective. Curator Debra Martin, Los Angeles, CA

1982    Centaur Gallery. Cranes & rising buildings.. London, UK