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"Sidonie Coryn isn’t a foodie, and she doesn’t have much interest in seeing the hit movie “Julie & Julia”, a movie based in part on the life of famed chef Julia Child.
But as thousands of moviegoers flock to bookstores with a newfound interest in Child’s classic book “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” and flip through the pages of intricate French recipes, they see Coryn’s precise pen drawings adorning the pages. …
Coryn isn’t keeping up with the hype. Now retired, she lives a quiet lifestyle in St. Charles, where she illustrates the church bulletin for St. Patrick Catholic Church in St. Charles and draws and paints for leisure. When people assume she lovingly re-creates intricate recipes because of her work on the book, she laughs at the idea.
“If I spent that much time in the kitchen, I wouldn’t be in the studio,” she said. “My training was to draw.”
Monsignor Joseph Linster of St. Patrick’s described Coryn as a faithful parishioner who lives a simple life and is always ready to offer insight to conversations that pop up around the church.
“She gets very lively and animated,” he said. “It comes from a heart that is truly sincere. Her life, her art – it is all very sincere.”
chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-illustrator-w-zone-11-sep11,0,164705.story
But as thousands of moviegoers flock to bookstores with a newfound interest in Child’s classic book “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” and flip through the pages of intricate French recipes, they see Coryn’s precise pen drawings adorning the pages. …
Coryn isn’t keeping up with the hype. Now retired, she lives a quiet lifestyle in St. Charles, where she illustrates the church bulletin for St. Patrick Catholic Church in St. Charles and draws and paints for leisure. When people assume she lovingly re-creates intricate recipes because of her work on the book, she laughs at the idea.
“If I spent that much time in the kitchen, I wouldn’t be in the studio,” she said. “My training was to draw.”
Monsignor Joseph Linster of St. Patrick’s described Coryn as a faithful parishioner who lives a simple life and is always ready to offer insight to conversations that pop up around the church.
“She gets very lively and animated,” he said. “It comes from a heart that is truly sincere. Her life, her art – it is all very sincere.”
chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-illustrator-w-zone-11-sep11,0,164705.story