My name is Ronald Barron Norris, werks-worker at Grape2ArtWerks. I respond to Barry (my Mother called me that), Ronald, Ron, RonB,� RB and several other unprintable names given me over the years. I had a career with the Texas Employment Commission for 28 years and have been doing something arty most of my life (although TEC was far from arty!)
I was part of the famous (or infamous) Roger Allen's Chicken Farm Art Center (click on rooster to see the Chicken Farm Web site) in its early years as Grape Photo Factory (professional photography and gallery) that really was arty!) The name came from a lifelong friend of mine, Jack Munro, who said that I looked like a grape. I think he was referring to my rather corpulent size at the time, but the name stuck anyway. (so did the size!) After years of exile into the desert of Midland/Odessa (Boyhood home of Dubya), I retired and escaped to New Braunfels; home of the Guadalupe, Gruene, river tubers, tattoos and overpriced land. Soon we wandered deeper into Hill Country and ended (for the time being) in Comfort, Texas, an Antique Town, and now reside in Universal City, Texas. I have been involved with Grape2ArtWerks since that time happily making furniture, sculpture, assemblages, toys and other wooden thingies from reclaimed barn wood, fences, or garage sale treasures. I am also an aspiring author (usually late at night after several cold ones) who is unpublished except for the link from this site.

Thank you for looking over the website (expertly built by my loving wife and partner in crime, Linda June). Linda is solely responsible for this web work, and any errors or problems are solely her responsibility. She is a tough task master, but a genius at selling, advertising and keeping me off of my dead butt. Telephone with questions or come by and visit and we will swap stories or lies about kids, grandkids, politics or whatever. I guarantee no one can out talk my wife! We would be happy to create you something or sell you something, but life is not all about money (although my creditors certainly do not seem to understand that!)

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