Her work addresses social & environmental justice and aesthetic concerns through public art, graphic design, painting, printmaking & small press publishing.
This mural, moved from its original location but still visible from the street, depicts the Nicaraguan Literacy Campaign, launched in 1980 by the Sandinista government, reduce illiteracy and is based in part on images in photographs by Margaret Randall.
[18][19] Norling designed cover art for the 1974 Red Star Singers album, The Force of Life, released by Paredon Records[20] (now operated as Smithsonian Folkways Recordings), as well as a poster for San Francisco Mime Troupe plays including The Mother (1973),[21] False Promises/Nos Engañaron (1976),[22] Hotel Universe (1977), a play based on the International Hotel struggle,[23] and Coast City Confidential (1995).
This painting depicts a group of Afghan women, including one holding an empty white figure meant to signify the child she has lost in war.
[25] Norling's more recent work places greater focus on studio painting, specifically abstract landscapes inspired by visits to National Parks and other outdoor areas of expansive beauty.