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00000179-2419-d250-a579-e41d38c20001The Gallery @ NPR Illinois is in the studio complex and facilitates listeners engaging with Illinois art. Additionally, artists works from each exhibit are digitally captured and posted here and shared with other public radio stations.Each exhibit kicks-off with an opening mixer where listeners are invited to attend and refreshments are provided. Each exhibit is open for viewing for a few weeks after the opening during business hours: weekdays 8 AM - 5 PM. Viewing by appointment can also be arranged by contacting Carter Staley. Many newsmakers come through the studios to be interviewed on-air and see the art during an exhibit as do attendees for other events like Live at the Suggs.To participate in a future exhibit or stage one of your own, click here to submit your art exhibit idea.Featured Artists:Bill AblerRL BostonDelinda ChapmanRita DavisColleen "Cookie" FerratierSandra FinneyRich FordCathy J. GanschinietzAneita Atwood GatesGeorge KingRachel LattimoreGinny LeeDouglas Levi (Brackney)Gwen LewisBenjamin LowderMarcia McMahon MastroddiDebbie MegginsonHugh MooreShannon O'BrienMaggie PinkeSheri RamseySue ScaifeMary SelinskiCarolyn Owen SommerJan SorensonElizabeth TroneKate Worman-Becker

Doe A Deer, A Female Deer

Doe A Deer, A Female Deer by Jan Sorenson
Jan Sorenson

"This painting was done while visiting with my sister Barb, who lives with a family of deer lovers. Her family hails from a rural area where deer roam freely.

"Consequently, many animals are involved in accidents with traffic. Many evenings her family identifies the location of a herd spotted while driving. She and her husband often pack a dinner and drive back roads to watch and admire the graceful animals. They have binoculars in their home to view newborns in Spring, watch the bucks as they claim territory, and smile as the doe teaches her fawn about the wonders and perils of life.

"They also love the taste of deer. They make delicious jerky, sausage and roasts. They harvest abundant meat, as they also harvest wheat, corn or other produce they farm. One consequence is several trophy mounts on the walls inside their home. If you inquire, bragging rights are lively and interesting. My 10-year-old niece fully participated in the harvesting and preparation of 75 pounds of meat for their freezer for the first hunting season of 2013.

"My urban life doesn’t interact often with these animals. While I sport a log cabin look in my home, I choose quilt wallpaper as an accent. I loved painting this beautiful doe with long eyelashes as an alternative to taxidermy. It is my toast to the hunters who help keep the roads a little safer from an altercation with this animal. I am grateful to the Department of Natural Resources who help to control the precarious balance so deer don’t starve.

"The painting was a test to allow myself to not “fill in the box,” to leave some lines undrawn, some areas to the imagination. This painting won the People’s Choice Award at a recent exhibit." - Jan

Acrylic

30 x 26

Market Value: $650

(Contact the artist for more information.)

 

I grew up downstate IL, the fourth child of nine. My dad worked a lifetime at the local brewery. He invented and built most anything he needed. Mom supplemented their income by baking creative cakes, pies and cookies. Their love for each other and cohesive joviality was certainly an inspiration, as every problem could be solved with creativity. What a gift to inherit! I love challenging myself with new and exciting adventures. Watercolor painting gives me an outlet to express any subject matter with an infinite variety of techniques.
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