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    Paint What Inspires You

    Apr 21, 2020 2 minutes
    By Jo O’Brien-Welch

    May 2012 will mark the sixth anniversary of buying my first art canvas, when I deciding to try my hand at painting. Much to my surprise and the surprise of others, on that first canvas appeared a beautiful portrait of my dad, his brother and a green Holden that was looking a bit worse for wear!! I titled that first painting ‘Summer of ‘66’.

    And so began

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