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ORIGINS

Origins explores the multidimensional structures and textures of reality through perception, intuition, and inquiry. Informed by a fascination with cosmology and particle physics, the series traces the origins of form and matter through visual language.

Contemporary physics suggests that beyond our three-dimensional experience — with time as the fourth dimension — additional dimensions exist that imply a profound interconnectedness among all things. This framework challenges the old notion of scientists as detached observers, positioning them instead as active participants in, and co-creators of, physical reality.

Drawing on these ideas, the works in Origins reflect the complexity and mystery of existence without resolving it. The series moves across hyper-realistic, illustrative, expressionistic, painterly, and photographic forms — not as stylistic variety, but because no single visual language is adequate to the subject.

Taken together, the works in Origins are less a conclusion than an ongoing investigation — one that treats the art studio and scientific research as different entrances to the same set of questions.

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These images are custom printed on canvas, UV varnished, and framed in either black or white wood floater frames--ready to hang with picture wire on back. Payment via Square. Email me for general information and pricing.

This reel is of my show, Origins, at Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno, CA, in May 2026.

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Steve Norton Artist--Art inspired by physics and cosmology

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