month and [the painting] would show what happened to me in that month, speaking through these cartoon characters.” His paintings, in addition to his job at the children’s educational software company, eventually inspired him to develop his own form of visual communication, which he defined as “Cartoon Literalism.”
At this job, the deadlines were tight and the hours were long, often pushing 60 hours per week. After work, Norris would return home, where he would paint. These paintings became a form of release for him, like “a diary,” he remarked. Norris further explained, “[They] were autobiographical pieces of my life at that time. I would do one painting per
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