Acrylic on Wood | David Norcross

Plywood Daisies

July 1, 2016 by dnart

Like many artists my age, I am addicted to Instagram. It’s my window into what’s happening all over the world. Some people would argue it’s just another time suck, but it’s so much more than blindly scrolling and double-tapping on cat memes. I do spend a fair amount of time going through pictures, but Instagram provides me with a lot of fuel. Do you know how uplifting it is to see someone your age making cool shit and building a […]

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Worthy Old Oak

March 28, 2016 by dnart

Life has been busy in my little household. We welcomed Maggie Ann into the world on February 8th and my days have been a blur over the past 6 weeks. Being a baby daddy again is awesome and looking at my two daughters I can’t help but feel blessed. When possible I step out into the garage and get back to pushing paint. Time is tight right now, but I have managed to get a few things done. Lately I […]

Categories: Acrylic on Wood, Commissions • Tags: Acrylic on Wood, Commission, David Norcross Art, DNart, Durham artist, NC art, Virginia

Farewell 2015

December 22, 2015 by dnart

Christmas is in a few days, and like every year, I can’t believe the end of December is around the corner. This month is one of my favorites, but its also jam packed with stress related to whole gift-giving season. I love to get something special for my family, but going out to the mall or Target with the crazies is a personal nightmare. Thank the Lord for Amazon! It’s where I go to shop and it’s also […]

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Linen Ladies

August 20, 2015 by dnart

I devote a lot of mental time trying to come up with new and inventive uses of common materials to play with and possibly add to my mix of media. Sometimes it works and sometimes it fails, but it’s always exciting for me. I go into these ventures cautiously – I may get super stoked about a new idea and purchase all of the materials, but then mull the next step over for a year or longer. That may seem […]

Categories: Acrylic on Wood • Tags: acrylic on linen, DNart, Durham artist, embroidery hoop art

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Triplets

February 17, 2015 by dnart

As an artistic person I have this thing with numbers (as do many artistic people). So when I come up with an idea or get inspiration for new work, I like to attack it in multiples. Two’s are great, but three’s are better. If the underlying theme is important enough to sit down and work out, then it’s worth exploring multiple scenarios. And that’s how I arrived with these dudes. I actually constructed these panels myself last June and did the […]

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The Black Cat

January 11, 2015 by dnart

Back in 2007, when I was living in Charlottesville, Virginia, I stumbled across a skate shop called Black Cat. The storeowner was very down to earth and a really cool dude. On my first trip, I just looked around, but on my second trip I picked out a mint green Krooked board with a design by Mark Gonzales, AKA “The Gonz”- a professional skateboarder, artist and owner of the Krooked company. Initially, I had no idea who he was or even anything […]

Categories: Acrylic on Wood, Art Shows, Throwbacks • Tags: Acrylic on Wood, Art show, Black Cat Skate Shop, David Norcross Art, Durham, NC art, Virginia, Wood panels

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It’s Over California

December 17, 2014 by dnart

This past weekend the Carrack in Durham held its second annual Red Dot Fundraiser. I’ve mentioned the gallery before. In my opinion, it is the single most generous and awesome venue to exhibit in the Bull City. The Carrack is a zero commission gallery, which means that when an artist sells their work they receive 100% of the sales price. Most other galleries take anywhere from 30-50% of the sales price as their fee. To be able to operate, the […]

Categories: Acrylic on Wood, Art Shows, Durham • Tags: Acrylic on Wood, Carrack Modern Art, David Norcross Art, Durham, NC art

Owl Yeah Man

December 9, 2014 by dnart

A while ago I finished up another set of three bird paintings on 6-inch round birch panels. I started these pieces two nights before the Fall Foliage Festival back in October with the intent on taking them to the show. That plan was ambitious, seeing as how I also had other pieces to finish and still had to pack up all of my work. While I did make some good progress, I had to abort the plans so that I wouldn’t […]

Categories: Acrylic on Wood • Tags: abstract, Acrylic on Wood, bird painting, David Norcross Art, Durham

Not That Natural

December 5, 2014 by dnart

I recently completed two new paintings on basswood – you know the thin cut slice of tree trunk, traditionally used for “crafting.” The line separating arts from crafts has long been lost and a lot of really cool artists are using these to do some rad paintings. However, if you go to Blick’s website and read the product description you might not believe that. The neat thing about this product is that you really don’t know exactly what you’re going to get. […]

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Category Archives: Acrylic on Wood

Plywood Daisies

Worthy Old Oak

Farewell 2015

Linen Ladies

Triplets

The Black Cat

It’s Over California

Owl Yeah Man

Not That Natural