Post Primary: After Hours, is a piece discussing the revisitation of past involvements in dove hunting while growing up in the South. While growing up in a small town in Central Texas, artist Cody Norton was raised in a family heavily involved in the sport of hunting. This piece is discussing the repetition that occurs when trying to perfect the sport of dove hunting. And trying over, and over again to blend in and fit into his family complex dynamics. It felt as if for years, he would never accomplish this feat, at the expense of another being’s life. Norton is dealing with the complicated relationship involved with this sport and trying to discover his belonging to his family.

If only Grandpa knew, is an installation where the life of the past and present are intertwining. There are plenty of past experiences and knowledge passed through generations of family through folklore, tall tails, and old wives tales. These tales and knowledge passed down generation by generation got Cody Norton to where he is now. Growing up in the South he learned how to hunt and process these animals, with the mastery of this skill and help from his father. Which this expertise had been passed down from his father and grandfather. To benefit the family and help bring meat home. Without Grandpa and Granny, he would have never known the tales of Buffalo Bill, obtained an interest in taxidermy, and known the exotic hunting adventures throughout Grandpa’s life.

This piece is a dedication and memorialization of Ganpa and Granny, may they rest in peace knowing the generations of family tales and knowledge is still being passed down.