"What kind of camp is this?" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.post script: new york times magazine article this past weekend: what's so bad about a boy who wants to wear a dress?View whole series on flickr.

"frankie loved lipstick" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. View whole series on flickr.

"who saw you coming?" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.I found a very interesting article explaining the relatively new idea of gender specific clothing colors. Here is an excerpt: For example, a June 1918 article from the trade publication Earnshaw's Infants'...

Escape Artist web addendum page starts with Norris H. PyronI have decided that I want to make my work accessible on several platforms. So I am creating what I call "web addendums". The first one will highlight the painting series PRISONERS.  When I started...

"i can't believe mother let you go out like this" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.View whole series on flickr.

"who's your daddy?" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.View whole series on flickr.

"genevieve" 6 x 6 inches, acrylic on canvas.This is the final painting of Genevieve on canvas. I use the sketch as a transfer to the canvas. Then using the original photo and the sketch as reference I work on the portrait.(3 x 3 on photopaper)(original photo converted...

"switched at birth" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.View whole series on flickr.

"genevieve" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Commissioned by my friend, Kristin Shears, owner of Willo North Gallery, to paint her daughter. This is the preliminary sketch for her approval. Then on to a 6 x 6 canvas.

"would you have liked me better if..." 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.This series will explore the ideas of expectations, roles and socially acceptable stereotyping. It holds a personal meaning for me and my daughter. It's not gender specific. Expectations from...

"how can you know what's underneath my coat?" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. Further thought on the prospect of painting just clothes lead to this new image of an empty coat. But today, my daughter was affected by encountering some very male chauvinist attitude...

"little red dress" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Inspiration comes from many places and so in reading Covet Garden magazine's 23rd issue my friend Shari and I were struck by the wonderful simplicity of the red dress painted by Iza Mokrosz (page 28). We agreed...