Helen norton biography
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Artists CV
HELEN NORTON
Curriculum Vitae
Born – Melbourne, Victoria 1961
Helen Norton left home at sixteen to spend the next ten years working and living in the most remote desert locations in Australia. Not intending on becoming an artist, her ambitions focused on immersing herself in as much adventure as was possible to extract from life. She met her husband to be in the North West, and this led to a reluctant putting down of roots for a while in Broome West Australia. However the frustration of being stuck in Broome led to her picking up the paintbrush to create a continuing invention of adventures on the canvas.
For two decades, Norton continued her travels throughout the Kimberley, Pilbara and overseas as well as 'over the seas' - for her on board QE2 works. She has always used her life experiences to inject her artwork with more complex layers of narrative.
Her work gained acclaim quickly, and led to commissions from Qantas to paint two front covers for their in-flight magazines, an exhibition on the QE2, and exhibitions in London as well as successful exhibitions in Melbourne and Sydney. With over sixty solo exhibitions and many more group showings, Helen's work has been well received by the public.
Narration is the backbone of Helen Norton’s work. Her art
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Helen Norton Stevens
American journalist (1869–1943)
Helen Louise Wetzler Norton Stevens (January 7, 1869 – March 21, 1943) was the editor of the bulletin of the Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs.
Biography
[edit]Helen Louise Wetzler Norton was born in Burlington, Iowa, on January 7, 1869, the daughter of John Norton and Anna M. Wetzler.[1]
She moved to Washington state in 1893 and lived at 404 Haight Building, Seattle, Washington.[1]
She married Frank Cushing Stevens. Their children were: Dwight Norton, Robert Wetzler, Anna S. Crocker.[1]
For 7 years she was the editor of The Western Woman's Outlook,[2] the official organ of the Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs; she was fired in 1914 when an opposite faction to hers took the majority share in the magazine.[3] She was correspondent of several newspapers; chairman of Civic Department of the Seattle Woman's Club; treasurer of the League of Women Voters.[1]
She was the author of the Memorial biography of Adele M. Fielde, humanitarian.[1][4]
She was also a member of: Seattle Woman's Club, League of Women Voters, Lady Stirling Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution.[1]
She died on March 21,
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