I'm ready to start the new year teaching youth and making some art. I just started my Digital Pathways class @ BAVC teaching 3D animation and gaming. We also have a full calendar at the gallery with tons of schools coming in for workshops and I will be traveling around the bay teaching too.Check out my BIO section for a new video KQED produced. They came to the studio and interviewed me about my work. Only art produced so far this year: A baseball toast! enjoy.

2011 was a super stressful year running my business, working on commissions and teaching in five SF schools. I look forward to some new exciting stuff coming up in 2012. The blue bear will be motivating people to read as my gallery will be sponsoring the up and coming SF summer read program for the SF public library. I will be teaching my old 3D gaming track @ BAVC for their NextGen program. And last but not least-I will continue my collaboration with Oaklandish to produce some more t-shirts. Have a great holiday-the gallery will be closed till Jan. 7th. I’ll leave you with my last painting of 2011-check it out @ TOAST Polk and Sacramento Street.

These Toast paintings were inspired by my art installations at Toast restaurants. They are for two different families-One in Marin and the other in San Francisco- both regular patrons at Toast. Soon I will start production on my new comic book “the TURD."

I loved this painting. The whole process came out as fluid as possible and I enjoyed the challenge of painting with darker colors. I can't talk too much about its new owner other then the fact that it has a great new home outside of the United States. My studio will truly miss this painting. check out my Twitter and Instagram feed for the step by step painting process-On to the next one.

I will be transforming the gallery for our next show"still here":The word “black” recently has become all to synonymous with the act of vanishing, especially in San Francisco where the 2010 census revealed that the African American population has dropped to 3.9%. What does that mean for a city that prides itself on its cultural diversity when members of its population are no longer represented? The loss of a culture, the absence of differentiation, even the lack of a visual presence can be devastating to a community. With the exhibition entitled “Still Here”, San Francisco artists Nancy Cato, Rodney Ewing, Sirron Norris, William Rhodes, and Ron Moultrie Saunders have adopted this statistic and created a banner of support and defiance. The work they will be creating confronts this anomaly of absence by representing how at least one segment of the Black community is alive, and a integral part of San Francisco culture. The work may not stem the tide of the exodus, but to paraphrase the poet Dylan Thomas “We will not go quietly into that good night”. 10/8/11 7-9pm. We are very excited to have a live performance by Kippy Marks 7-9pm http://kippymarks.us/ and also Rocky Yazzie's amazing Frybread!!

This was a great project I worked on for Seth Mezow, the owner and creator of the LiveLocal mission discount card. I have the card available at the gallery for purchase for $20. Simply flash this card at businesses in the mission and it get’s you 10% off. As a local business owner, I feel it’s important to keep our business community strong and thriving. Please support it, visit www.livelocalcard.com.

Curated Digital Artwork Created With Autodesk SketchBook® Apps Will Be Unveiled At The VIZ Media 25th Anniversary Event At Comic-Con VIZ Media, the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in the North America, announced today a collaboration with Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) to create a limited edition digital art book anthology that will be sold through VIZ Media’s Manga App, with 100% of VIZ Media’s net proceeds going to support disaster relief efforts in Japan. All of the artwork in the collection, titled ART FOR HOPE, will be created using Autodesk SketchBook® digital paint and drawing software applications.

This Mission based Family is about to have a baby boy and this painting will be gracing his living quarters for the first years of his life. It was an honor to work on the piece and I enjoyed the challenge. Check out my twitter feed for the whole process.

What a great project to work on! It was fun to work with The Imagineering Company on this project for Chefables. They seem like a cool company that has a positive approach on healthy food in schools. I was working on many projects this month-this one stood out as my favorite this year. The text is for placeholder purposes only. Enjoy!

This was fun!- had such a great time creating this with my partner in construction Meemo. It’s filled with LED lights, flashing Coke signs and even has a motor on the trolley car. Toast Eatery is currently open for business. Go check them out and see this living mural. I’m super proud of this collaboration and it has inspired me to do more 3D projects.

I loved working on this project! From the logo to the murals,I created the whole branding concept for the spot. I'm excited to do more art on the walls later to enforce the brand. located in Parkmerced @ 55 Cambon, stay tuned for the opening date. check out my twitter feed for the whole mural creation process.Thanks so much to my interns on this project (Beau,Tomoyo,Uzzo)-you guys did a great job!!!

I worked on this show for six months back in 2009. You can see some of my original work on the show in my "Commercial " section of my site. Please check it out 8:30 sundays after the Simpsons on Fox- loved eps.3!!!

Most of us, even the most productive of us, every once in a while need to decompress from our hectic lives. There are days where we turn into sloths, and zone out in front of the tube for hours on end. If this sounds like you, these pants are for you! I recently designed these "sloth" themed pants in collaboration with betabrand.com. They come with a special remote control pocket! We sell them in the gallery for $80. Also check out betabrand.com for other cool stuff!

I start working on some new murals in the city this coming year. My biggest one will be at the corner of Polk and Sacramento Street. This mural will be on the new “Toast” restaurant that took over for “Bob’s” diner. My crew is also working on a neighborhood beautification project in the Mission district at Harrison and 21st. We will be filming our pilot reality show during the creation of this particular project.

I'm starting a new commission for Github.com-they have a character called "Octocat"-I plan on creating a digital illustration of this crazy feline mollusk. Can I mix phylums like this with out going blind? check my twitter feed for details.

I’m back to painting murals. Currently, I’m painting at the YMCA in the Bayview. This mural (10/40 feet) is about promoting healthy eating and is sponsored by Recology. I’m excited to be working with Recology and all their employees at the volunteer day 9/18 at the Y. Along with helping out on the mural, volunteers will paint walls and lockers inside the facility and even plant a garden. I want to thank my interns Beau and Uzzo for your help on this.

I just finished my latest commission-check out the gallery section for the end result. Now I'm moving on to a new commission. This one is of a house in the Haight Ashbury for Wes, a guy who has been a big supporter of my work for years.Attached is a reference photo-It will be interesting to see what I come up with. Also-check out my Flip camera design in the Commercial section. Also-NEW videos-check them out!

I just got done illustrating my version of Goldilocks and the three bears for zoodles.com-I'll be publishing it myself in a few months. I'll post what I have done to give you a bit of my fairy tale flavor. As I have been slaving away in Photoshop-for the past three weeks, it's time to start a new commission. I'm going to be telling the story of a SF beagle named Huxley www.eagerbeagle.com for his loving owners Dave and Penny Schweisguth. Check my twitter feed for updates on the painting-it will be good to get back to the easel-sorry-no shows anytime soon-I'm preparing to teach my new classes this fall at the gallery -I'm also bringing my cartoon curriculum two days a weeks at Ida B. Wells high school-busy fall!!!

Meet the "Mission Muralkins," Bear, Rabbit, Cat and their neighborhood buddies. Come watch Sirron Norris' colorful cartoon mural world comes to life through this unique puppet show. In episode one of THE MISSION MURALKINS 'BEAR'S SOUND ADVICE', the audience will be introduced to the fantastic world of The Mission Muralkins and the many sounds, flavors and characters of their neighborhood,The Mission district.The entire audience is invited to help Bear meet the challenge of teaching Rabbit and Cat to listen to the diverse and colorful world around them. This is a creative collaboration between Puppeteer,Professor Barron Scott Levkoff of The Mystic Midway and Sirron Norris. check it out in our video links...CURRENT SHOW: Student’s animation from the gallery's youth summer camp, work from youth cartoon classes and internship program!

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to support the gallery 4/17-it was a true collaboration with the community. Big thanks to Socola,Mohammed, Spain and Tomoyo-your contributions remain truely special. All my Kids in my cartoon class got to shine as well-please stop by and enjoy the art.

Sirron Norris says “I don’t want to speculate. I just want to move on.” Most immediately that means continuing the work for the gallery’s first show opening on Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. “I’m super excited, it’s a community collaboration, old school meets new school.” Read more about this article here: http://missionlocal.org/2010/04/vandals-hit-sirron-norris-studio/

There is something for all at the Sirron Norris Studio & Gallery, even chocolate lovers, Sirron will be designing artwork for a series of chocolates for Sôcôla Chocolatier, the treats will premier and be sold at the "Old School Meets New School" event on Saturday, April 17, 2010 from 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM. Sôcôla chocolatier, an Oakland-based, sister-run chocolate company can be found locally at Bi-rite Market in the Mission and in a number of Whole Foods Markets as well as online at www.socolachocolates.com.

• DATE: Saturday, April 17, 2010 • TIME: 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM This evening show will bring aspiring, up-and-coming and legendary artists together. The show features, How Buildings Talk, Norris’s work about how San Francisco buildings collectively shape our community. Also presented will be Norris’s collaboration with famed artist, Spain Rodriquez on the project, Hell in Playland, the finished product of their work at the de Young Museum’s Cultural Encounters series. Also featured will be the showing of Bearly Affordable, an animated short by Mohammed Allababidi,about the rising costs of public transportation in San Francisco, the premier of the handmade Sirron Norris teddy bear and the work of young artists’ from Norris’ cartooning class.

Please visit my gallery @ 1406 B Valencia. We are open from 11:30-7 Thursday to Sunday. We offer live painting and retail items such as clothing, art, stickers and much more. Cartoon classes for youth will start in mid-February-check out the link for class sign-up. Come check out the 3-D interactive video game where you can walk around in a Sirron Norris painting, a diorama of San Francisco-Style buildings made of recycled materials and affordable items starting at $5.