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“In the past, people used to ask me what I did, and they couldn’t quite place me… or at work—in the bookstore—they’d tell me I seemed like an artistic type and ask if I painted. Sometimes they sensed I was a painter, even when I wasn’t painting at all because I was busy working for a non-profit or in public administration. Now, I simply create and paint… just as I have since childhood.”