Art Premiere: “Thresholds” by Jacob J. Norris

artwork Sunset at Old Mill

The RE/MAX Art Gallery is honored to present:

“Thresholds”

Art Exhibition

by Jacob J. Norris

at RE/MAX Key Properties

First Friday Gallery Hop and Art Premiere hosted by Ricky Baker & Ann Gurley

November 1, 5PM-8PM

42 NW Greenwood Avenue, Bend

Jacob J Norris is presenting a vibrant new body of work at RE/MAX Key Properties for First Friday in November. This colorful show includes paintings that represent the threshold of change through the days, months and seasons. Jacob’s original oil paintings are custom framed by his father Walter Norris. The show will be up through November. Jacob also shows various bird and landscape paintings all year round, as the House Artist in the RE/MAX Gallery. All paintings are for sale.

“Thresholds” will premiere in the RE/MAX Art Gallery on First Friday, November 1, 2024 and be shown through the month of November.

Artist Statement

“Thresholds”

To tread, to hold. To chase light, to wait patiently for a fleeting moment that holds the highest intensity and grab hold of it through paint, that is what Jacob has accomplished with his most recent body of work.  Each year when Autumn begins in the high desert, the leaves change and are gone so quickly.  In a life with family, as an artist, one must treat these times with as much importance as the birth of a child or death of a loved one, else the moment passes and ordinary life takes priority; the doing of the dishes, cooking of the food, helping with homework.  How often do we really go out at Sunrise or Sunset and watch the way the colors move through the sky and finally fade into night?  When do we leave our phones and favorite shows at home and walk out under the Full Moon Rising to howl at it and hear the coyotes yip in response?

Jacob says the day comes when the trees are like the Whomping Willow in Harry Potter, it shakes once and every leaf falls, then it is cold, and Winter is close by.

A threshold can be a beginning, to be on the brink of, the crossing point through a doorway, or the edge of the forest, a mysterious unknown. “Go on Trusting”, says The Fool. Life is lived in the crossing of Thresholds, Sun’s rising and falling, Moon’s filling and emptying, and the changing of seasons.

Artist Bio

Jacob Joseph Norris

Jacob J. Norris (Jake) is an Award-Winning Oil Painter.  Jake activates the Soul of his Subjects in each one of his paintings; be it landscape, bird, person or animal. Through his art he hopes to connect us closer to nature and create a deeper relationship to our own true nature.

Jake was born in Bend, Oregon. He spent much of his early childhood traveling the Oregon Coast and Eastern Oregon with his family, who traveled as project managers to set up Coast to Coast hardware stores.

Immediately after high school he apprenticed in Oil Painting with his mentor Ken Roth and then had his first featured show at Sparrow Bakery in October 2006.

Jacob is the recipient of the Spring 2023 Kaycee Anseth Legacy Foundation (KALF) Grant. He has shown his work in the High Desert Gallery (2007-2008) and had a solo exhibition of 27 bird paintings at the Barber Library Rotunda in January 2020. His works have been shown at Lone Pine Coffee Roasters, Townshend’s Tea House, North Soles Footwear, Crow’s Feet, Found Natural Goods, various other local venues and private house showings, and on Mississippi Street in Portland, Oregon.

Jacob’s father, Walt Norris, hand-builds custom frames with unique hardwoods to compliment Jake’s paintings and he will also often use 100-year-old repurposed barnwood from Central Oregon for the frames as well.

Jacob currently resides in Bend, Oregon with his partner and three sons.

Jacob’s artwork is for sale at:

RE/MAX Key Properties
42 NW Greenwood Ave, Bend, Oregon

Jackson’s Corner
Delaware Ave, Bend Oregon

Cowgirl Cash
Brooks Street, Bend, Oregon

Still Vibrato
Hixon Building, Century Drive, Bend, Oregon

For commission inquiries or to purchase:
Reach out to Jacob directly at:
Phone: 541-771-0229 or Email: stellarcerealean@gmail.com
Instagram: @jacobjosephnorris  Website: www.jacobjnorris.gallery

Join us on November 1 for an unforgettable First Friday evening celebrating Jacob J. Norris’s “Thresholds” at RE/MAX Key Properties. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience this immersive collection in person and explore Jacob’s unique perspective on life’s ever-changing beauty.