Norma Jameson

British b. 1933

Norma Salt Jameson was born in Burslem, Staffordshire, in 1933. She studied at the Bath Academy of Art 1951-55, Liverpool University 1955-56 and Goldsmiths University, London. It was at Corsham, where Bath Academy of Art was located, that Jameson was taught by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, who instilled into her the importance of colour and design. She also studied painting and printmaking leading to her experimental work of the 1960s and 70s, and many of her lithographs and screenprints date from her time at Corsham.

She married Kenneth Jameson, with whom she had several exhibitions with in London and the provinces. Kenneth Jameson lectured extensively on child development through art, painting and drawing, with an emphasis on aiding adults. Kenneth and Norma Jameson was also responsible for BBC Television programmes on art, with Norma Jameson presented two episodes of Merry-Go-Round, ‘Adventures in Printing’ and ‘Screen Printing’ — both in 1965.

She was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Society of British Artists, both of which Societies she was a frequent exhibitor until her retirement. She also exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and provincial galleries and had many one person shows. She is also a fine potter and Batik artist. She was twice finalist in the Hunting Group Awards and the Scharf Prize for landscape.

Jameson’s paintings have been reproduced by Medici, Lings and Elgin Court and have been illustrated in a number of art books. Her works have been purchased by education authorities, University Research collections — such as Aberystwyth University, and by private collectors in the UK and abroad.