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ings, Norman’s work in the mid-Atlantic exhibition is a self-portrait. It shows him assuming a saint’s pose, with one hand in the air and the other touching his arm over a trickle of blood. Beneath him is a complicated mathematical equation. The title of the piece is “Me and Bang,” a reference to the big bang.
“It’s really just a reflection of my ideas about my existence in the world,” he said.
He said much of his work addresses self-perception.
“I’m trying to focus on that, a psychological part mixed in with realism,” he said.
Norman’s work has been. shown in Fredericksburg galleries near Mary Washington, and will be included in a senior honors show this year.
“I’m just going to try to get into a few more shows before the end of the year,” he said.
With a 30-year head start on Norman, Patton Wilson usually sells his paintings before he can put them on display in a gallery. His still life “Natural History” was selected for the exhibition,
Wilson, a professional artist, has been living in Rappahannock for 30 years. His work has been shown across the United States.
Virginia, though, is not usually where one might find his paintings, which more frequently can be found in San Francisco, New York City or Philadelphia.
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