Night of the Fawning
by Aimee Mouw
Title
Night of the Fawning
Artist
Aimee Mouw
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
I have Mule Deer that live on our wild canyon property. Some are quite tame. Every year, from July to September, is the fawning time. One deer in particular is a dear friend of mine, and she births her fawns every year in the same place on our property. This painting is an abstract symbolic representation of the fawning nights. The Great Spirit (God, in the form of a deer) watches over as the mother and fawn first meet. Beyond the trees and behind the veil of the spirit world are the Angels- loving, protecting, and rejoicing over the new fawn. Later, the fawn is hidden in the brush, waiting for the day its mother will first introduce it to the world. This is a new poetic direction I have taken in my art. I hope you will enjoy and appreciate it.
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June 30th, 2013
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Aimee Mouw
Many thanks to the art patron from, Whitefish Bay, WI for your recent purchase of my artwork! I sincerely hope it brings you much joy for years to come!
Patti Stewart
I think this might be one of my favorites here. Feel the freedom and joy of the prance :-)
Aimee Mouw replied:
Thank you, Patti! This is Andrew's favorite painting, too. I plan on doing more like this one, for sure. I have had many people enjoying the more loose, poetic art that I do. It makes me feel good that there is a place for it in the world. Certainly, I can paint realistically, but this tells a story and invokes much more emotion than some of my other work.
Aimee Mouw
Thank You to the Art Patron in New Mexico who recently purchased a print of this artwork. I hope you smile every time you see it. I live among some rather tame Mule Deer here in Timbercreek Canyon, TX, and this is my loving tribute to the fawning season. It is also, my son, Andrew's, favorite painting. One of my best friends is a Mule Deer named, Kate. She has her fawns every year on our wild canyon property and spends evenings with us out in the yard on summer nights.
Aimee Mouw
Thank you, Joan :) Yes, I have been researching more modern, abstract approaches to expression, and I've got some plans for new, bold paintings that express more of what is spiritual, poetic or emotional. A deer is just a deer until we give it a piece of our experience, emotion and storyline. Anyone can paint a landscape, or a flower, or a bird... but what makes it sing is a piece of our experience, what we bring to it, and how we tell its story.
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