Charlie Norris. Painter. Sculptor. Wood carver. Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia. Active 1980 and on.
Charlie Norris was the brother of the artist Joe Norris. An accomplished artist in his own right, Charlie Norris painted and carved; making, among many other things, bright and graceful applied relief carvings of sailing ships in painted frames. He lived right on the shore at Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia and over time he created a miniature version of the fishing village that he placed around his yard on the sea shore. It was striking and not a little transcendent to come around the shore road and see it. Shown below is an example of one of his applied relief ship carvings as well as a link to an article on Charlie Norris.
Charlie Norris. Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia. Applied relief carving of a Sailing Ship. 1990’s:
Charlie Norris. Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia. Applied relief carving of a Sailing Ship. 1990’s.
Charlie Norris. Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia. Applied relief carving of a Sailing Ship. Detail:
Charlie Norris. Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia. Applied relief carving of a Sailing Ship. Detail.
His mark:
Charlie Norris. Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia. His mark.
Charlie Norris. Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia. A small part of his model fishing village:*
The Smaller Lower Prospect by Charlie Norris.
A link to an article about Charlie Norris in The Halifax Chronicle (2013):
http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1145789-norris-made-folk-art-to-share
*Ref: Folk Art Maritime. Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. (With thanks.)
