STEVE NORRIS

     Steve Norris is a lifelong self-taught artist who has hiked and photographed every trail and historic site in the Great Smoky Mountains over the last twenty-five years. He resides in Townsend, Tennessee - just a half mile from the national park boundary. His love of the mountains and its wildlife can be found in his attention to detail and the accuracy of his paintings. Although some of his works are not of Smoky Mountain sites, they still evoke memories and feelings of simpler times that are inherent in every scene you will find in the Smokies.

     Steve seeks to paint Smoky Mountain scenes that demonstrate both the best of God’s creation and that of man’s most pastoral handiwork of decades past when the pace of life was slower and lifestyles, to outward appearances at least, more idyllic.

     The most noticeable appeal of Steve’s paintings are the use of foliage and tree colors that are painted at their brightest and most intense for the season shown. This is done in order to convey a strong sense of certain sentiments that can only be found in the Great Smoky Mountains. Taking home such a vibrant and evocative painting will provide the buyer many years of continued pleasure and renewed memories of their visit to the greatest place God has ever wrought.

     Steve Norris can be reached via e-mail at norrismtn@bellsouth.net.