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The Creative Practice of Painting in Motherhood

I have always been a creative person, but I did not start painting until I was firmly in the trenches of motherhood, growing a family, and finding direction in my career. The pressures of life and work and my new found responsibilities of raising a child seemed to caution me against taking on something new—something that I was not one bit good at, something that was for myself only, and something that had no apparent payoff.

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