Joe Norris – Landscape Artist Surrey
I was born and grew up in rural Kent, surrounded by orchards and hop gardens. As a young teenager, I painted fields of hop poles, oast houses, and village scenes, many of which I sold to local people.
After leaving school I studied Art at Maidstone College of Art and then at The University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where I specialised in the graphic arts and photography, achieving a BA honours degree.
After a career in photography, illustration and design and marketing, I now paint and exhibit regularly. I am proud to be a member of Tadworth Art Group, a long-established and prestigious group of highly talented and experienced artists. I have won several awards at their exhibitions. I run popular weekly mini-workshops for beginners and improvers.
I am inspired by rural and urban landscapes and figurative subjects such as crowds, people and animals. I am drawn to the unusual, and have a particular admiration for surrealist art. But all art has its own value, in or outside of its own context, and if it strikes a chord or beautifies, I believe it has its place.
I live with my wife and dog in Walton on the Hill, Surrey.
I am available for private tutoring and demonstrations to art groups by arrangement.
If you would like to purchase any of the paintings listed for sale on this website, or would like to arrange a commission, please email or call 07740471665