Jim C. Norton

Born December 31, 1953, in Price, Utah, Jim C. Norton claims he was born with a paintbrush in one hand, a telephone in the other, and a pigeon on his shoulder. These interests continue today.

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Raised most of his life in western Wyoming, Norton gained a working knowledge of ranch life, and an early and lasting respect for the life of the rancher, by helping friends with haying, branding, and feeding cattle. He also learned about the seasonal changes of the year and the intertwining of nature and man.

Norton enjoys the outdoors, spending every available minute with his own horses. He continues to develop his knowledge and abilities, while enabling family and friends to enjoy the Western way of life, through pack trips deep into the same mountains he visited as a young man. Paints and camera are always close by when he visits favorite western mountain ranges. He is a proficient painter of horses and over the past several years has focused on Indian subject matter.

Norton majored in art at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he studied under William Whitaker, a longtime Prix de West artist. He furthered his education through private study with many of the artists for whom he as developed great respect and admiration. His self-education is an ongoing process continued at every opportunity.

A member of the Cowboy Artists of America, Norton has won numerous silver and gold medals in oil painting as well as the Kieckhefer Award for Best of Show. He also shows at the Prix de West and the Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale.

He resides with his family in Santaquin, Utah.

Jim C. Norton is represented by Trailside Galleries, Jackson, Wyoming, and Scottsdale, Arizona.