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Artist Jay Davenport launches online art gallery, plans November show
MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn. (July 3, 2007) - Finding Jay Davenport's art gallery and studio just got a whole lot easier.
Davenport Art Studio, which opened in 2005, now has a home on the Internet. The studio/gallery is located at www.davenportartstudio.com. The website launched this month, making his art more accessible to visitors.
Minnesota Good Age - Apr, 2006
Art on the range
Retired surgeon takes on new operation: his own art gallery
by Elizabeth Jones Wolf
Jay Davenport, a former orthopedic surgeon who practiced for nearly 30 years in Minnesota's Iron Range, used to decorate the hallways of his offices with his own watercolor paintings. When patients were told that the framed works were Davenport originals, many would joke that he might have missed his true calling.
Mesabi Daily News - Dec 6, 2005
Born in America
From Black and White to Color
by Angie Riebe
VIRGINIA - One hundred years ago, their faces were captured in black and white - a Navajo boy about 12 years old, a Native American woman and child, a Sioux tribal leader from the Midwestern plains.
Their faces have come alive once again, this time in color.
Artist Jay Davenport of Great Scott Township is responsible for the transformation.
Hibbing Daily Tribune - Sep 25, 2005
From doctor to artist all in one
by Cathy Braun
MOUNTAIN IRON - It is not a long way from the operating room to the art studio for Jay Davenport, his passions have served him well in both fields.
"I considered it a great honor to care (as an orthopedic surgeon) for people," Davenport said. "I felt like an art student all my life and now I am ready to be a professional."
Grand Rapids Herald Review - Aug 21, 2005
Davenport's gallery is the culmination of a dream
Jay Davenport greets visitors to his new art gallery much like he did less than a decade ago, when he wore a white coat and the initials M.D. followed his name.
Back then, patients got a firm handshake, good eye contact and a warm smile. Framed original watercolors depicting Minnesota scenes as well as exotic landscapes adorned the hallways leading to patient rooms, where Dr. Davenport would listen and diagnose.