Artist Biography

Charles Norris is a relief print maker, photographer, architect and urban designer who lives and works in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Popham Beach, Maine.  Interests in photography and watercolors originated in design school and have continued in his personal artwork and professional practice. Since 2010, he has become immersed in the art of woodblock print making. He is a member of Shepherd Maudsleigh Studio in Newton MA, where he prepares the blocks and pulls prints on the presses.  Current prints are explore interpretation of his photographic compositions into woodcuts, often focusing on waterfront patterns, flora and fauna, and related environmental subjects.  

Architecture, planning, photography, painting and printmaking have all merged as inter-related passions, with the camera’s eye frequently serving as a vital window and common denominator in the creative process.  Interpretations of waterfront and marine environments, with their always shifting  patterns and rhythms  have been a central focus of Mr. Norris’s photography and watercolors for many years, and have evolved as an inspiration for his woodblock prints.  Natural shoreline settings and  tidal environments provide inspiration for his prints such as “Islesford Ebb” shown above. 

Relief prints have been selected for multiple juried shows including the Boston Printmakers Biennial (2015 and 2017), the Danforth Museum, the Maud Morgan Chandler Gallery, the Lunder Gallery at Lesley University, the Deitrich Gallery at C7A, the Maynard ArtSpace, the Falmouth Artists Guild, Gallery Twist, and Concord Art, as well for exhibits at Sotheby’s in Damariscotta, ME  the Green Lion Gallery in Bath, ME and the Gladstone Gallery in Manchester, MA. He has conducted woodcut workshops at the Maine Marine Museum, and Concord Art. Mr. Norris is also a member of the Board at the Boston Printmakers.

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