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The Lens of Attention by Dudley Zopp

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Snake Doctors, Healers in the Sky by Dudley Zopp

Stitching together of the silence of the blues and the chatter of the yellows

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Conversations Across Time: Early Work

Conversations Across Time: Early Work

Seeing chives greening up and buds getting ready to leaf out has me thinking about past springs, when I first came to Maine, and that spring after I moved from Belfast to Lincolnville. Time -- as they say -- marches on, and since it's been more than 30 years that I first walked Lincolnville Beach and really doubled down on painting, I've decided to devote this newsletter to a look at where I was back then, as well as what I think about now when I start a new painting.

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