Janice Doppler: Bird Carvings
Janice began carving in 2002 when she wandered into the Wendell Gilley Museum on Mount Desert Island in Maine where the resident carver was working on a bird. She watched for such a long time that he handed her a knife, a piece of basswood, and invited she to try. She has been carving ever since.
Janice’s carvings have won awards in multiple competitions. In the past year her work has been displayed at Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, Artspace Gallery in Greenfield, the Science Library University of Massachusetts, and a Bird and Wildlife Expo sponsored by Rhode Island Audubon. Her work can be viewed at http://birdcarvingsbyjanicedoppler.weebly.com
“Creating a bird that looks like it might fly away requires skilled craftsmanship spread through dozens of hours paying intense attention to detail, and an artist’s awareness of line, shape, texture, and color. Expressing a moment in the life of a bird is an art that starts with imagining the shape of the bird and how it will be mounted before I pick up a piece of wood.”