S.V. Medaris (Sue) was born in California in the 60's, and grew up in the Midwest. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Fine Art degree, and traveled and lived in various parts of México and Central America. Later, Sue settled down in Wisconsin and graduated from Madison Area Technical College (Wisconsin) with a Commercial Art degree. During this latter educational experience, she discovered how to communicate with visual art. From there, Sue made the transition back into Fine Art – with oils, pastels and intaglio – portraying the drama of rural life on the farm.

THE VIOLIN
Poultry Pas de Deux:
The subject matter was something I'd planned to do as a regular painting, but when the violin came along, the scene appeared to fit the shape of the instrument perfectly. For a musical theme,... well, there was something lyrical about the way the Sicilian Buttercup male (behind) was checking out the Egyptian Fayoumi hen in the foreground. It really did seem to be a Pas de Deux —2 steps forward for him, and 2 steps forward for her—she in a very graceful nonchalant way yet always keeping equidistant from the male partner/stalker behind.

Male (Rooster) Variation:
The back needed to be a variation from the front, and a close up of the star of the "Male Variation" seemed to fit nicely. The Sicilian Buttercup was dramatically backlit for maximum drama in this section of the Pas de Deux.

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