Member Profiles
Norah Blount
Norah first started painting while she was working in science and quality control. She took lessons with artist Nina Patterson and workshops with various artists. When she took early retirement she went to the National College of Art and Design part-time where she completed a Certificate in Visual Arts. Her favourite medium is watercolour as she loves its resistance to control but she also works in acrylics, oils and mixed media.
Norah is inspired by all that flows, the river, the sea, ripples on the water, turbulent waves, the intertwining brambles of wild roses blowing in the wind and the watercolour on her brushes. .
16” x 11”
She tries to capture these moments in her paintings – the watery medium capturing their imperfections, the chemical and visual transformation of painterly mixtures on paper. Her paintings have hard and soft edges that are lost between light and dark passages – with detail in their planning but not always in their execution.
Norah prefers to paint outdoors whenever possible. She also works at home from sketches and photos or from found objects, including her husband! She joined the Abbey Art Group in 2023 and is enjoying meeting other artists and learning from each other.
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