Norm worked for Disney as an animator in the 1940's. He worked on many projects including Springtime for Pluto, Fantasia, and Pinocchio. Above is one of Norm's sketches of J. Worthington Foulfellow, aka Honest John, from Pinocchio.
This wood carving was done by Norm based on one of my Janice's life drawings.
A friend gave Norm some wooden boxes that had once held surgical instruments. Norm used them to create wooden dioramas. This one is a model of himself in his dinghy. He had built the actual Nutshell class dinghy himself, by hand, and named it Hazel.
Read more about Norm and see photos of him in Maine taken by Christopher Tate at:
http://webmentor.com/?page_id=17Below is another example of Norm's carving....a Valentine gift for my mother.
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How did I miss this entry? Nice to see some of Norm's work too.
A regular "mad man".
http://www.mcinnisauctions.com/antique-auctions/auction.php?auctionid=228 There are a number of original Norman Tate artworks in this Estate tag sale.
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