Merry Gant Norris opened MERRY NOVA STUDIO (Art As a Spiritual Path) ten years ago to provide a safe place for women to explore their creativity through art.
She is the founder of GODDESS AND ANGEL, a joyful workshop designed to assist women in their quest forwholeness. She presents workshops nationally on PAINTING A PERSONAL MANDALA and GODDESS AND ANGEL.
Merry Norris began her career as a professional portrait painter in Columbus, Ohio forty years ago, and then moved to watercolor and pastel painting. She has offered classes in a variety of media, including colored pencil, acrylic painting, collage, layering and watercolor. She also offers a course based on Judy Cameron's best seller, The Artist's Way. These classes have always provided a highly supportive space for both advanced and beginning artists.
Merry studied art at The Akron Art Institute, Kent State University, Columbus College of Art and Design, and with private teachers internationally. She has been honored with five solo shows and is affiliated with the Central Ohio Watercolor Society, Ohio Watercolor Society, and Society of Layerists in Multi Media.
You can read more about Merry, see more of her work and her upcoming shows at her other website, www. merrynovastudio.com.
