Montclair, NJ, April 29, 2021 –(PR.com)– The Peregrine Collection – an assembly of thousands of creative works by over 1200 creative artists and one A.I. – is headed for the Moon. Seven paintings by the New Jersey artist, Stephanie Deshpande, are included in this collection.

Deshpande is a representational painter best known for her emotive portraits and narrative paintings. Her work combines her love of realism with personal allegories. She has received recognition for her paintings by numerous art clubs and magazines. Her work appears in 40 Contemporary Great Masters of Portrait Painting by the Editorial Staff of The Art of Watercolour magazine. Deshpande also painted the memorial portrait of Cynthia Graham Hurd, one of the Emanuel AME Church shooting victims, which is on view at the Cynthia Graham Hurd/St Andrews Regional Library Charleston, SC.

The Artists on the Moon (AOTM) project, coordinated by Dr. Samuel Peralta, is…