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Jim Norton

Jim C. Norton (1953 - 2023) was active/lived in Utah.  Jim Norton is known for Cowboy-Indian genre, landscape.

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Born in Price, Utah, Jim Norton is known for his paintings of real-life cowboys and their horses. He also paints Indians and has a collection of authentic Plains Indian costumes.

He spent most of his youth in western Wyoming where he gained a working knowledge of ranch life. His skill at depicting the cowboy and his activities earned him membership in 1989 in the Cowboy Artists of America, dedicated to the painting tradition of Charles Russell and Frederic Remington.

He was raised in Lyman, Wyoming, and showed art talent from childhood. Following high school graduation, he spent two years as a Mormon missionary in Australia and then studied art briefly at Brigham Young University under William Whittaker. Mostly he followed the advice of a teacher who told him to go out and paint, paint, paint. While his wife taught school, he worked for a food broker and painted when he could, and then finally quit his day job to paint full time.

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Research resources

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Facts about Jim Norton

   Publications  Book References:  12
Magazine References:  20

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20 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Jim Norton
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art-Talk The New, the Old and the Gold November 2004 Editors, Art-Talk Yes
Art of the West A Passionate Dedication September 2004 Gillespie, Nancy Yes
Wildlife Art Where Collectors Go: Part 2 September 2004 Kupers, Audrey Yes
Southwest Art Coast to Coast August 2004 Osterman, Julie Yes
Art & Antiques Spirit of the West July 2004 Fauntleroy, Gussie Yes
Art of the West One on One November 2003 Stavig, Vicki Yes
Art of the West What's News January 2003 Editors, Art of the West Yes
Art-Talk Joe Takes CAA's Top Prize November 2002 Editors, Art-Talk Yes
Southwest Art First Look October 2002 Herrin, Alice No
Art-Talk Indian Influences October 2002 Jarvis, John Yes
Art of the West What's News February 2002 Editors, Art of the West Yes
Southwest Art On the Scene January 2002 Editor, Southwest Art No
Art-Talk CAA show/sale November 2001 Editors, Art Talk Yes
Southwest Art Cowboy Artists of America October 2001 Herrin, Alice Yes
Wildlife Art Masters of the American West September 2001 Kupers, Audrey; Beth Mishek Yes
Southwest Art Contemporary Western Artists February 2001 Editor, Southwest Art Yes
Art of the West The Millenium Show October 2000 Editors, Art of the West Yes
Art of the West A Lifelong Adventure February 1999 Behrens, Shirley Yes
Southwest Art Cowboy Artists Paint Plein Air October 1998 Runbeck, Kathryn Yes
Art of the West What's News/CAA Show January 1995 AW editors Yes
12 Book References for Jim Norton
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2002 Duty, Michael; Don Hedgpeth Cowboy Artists of America 216 Yes
2001 Editors, Art of the West Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition 88 Yes
2001 Vern G. Swanson, Robert S. Olpin, Donna L. Poulton, and Janie L. Rogers 150 Year Survey: Utah Art and Artists 160 Yes
1998 Phoenix Art Museum Cowboy Artists of America Thirty-Third Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
80 Yes
1997 Cowboy Artists of America Cowboy Artists of America 32nd Annual Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
80 Yes
1997 Southwest Art Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art 128 No
1995 Fairley, John The Art of the Horse 192 Yes
1995 Haley, J. Evetts (Introduction) Cowboy Artists of America 30th Anniversary Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
80 Yes
1993 Southwest Art Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art 64 No
1993 Southwest Art The Red Book Western American Price Index 126 No
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