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Confucius says, “We insist on making it complicated”

February 6, 2017 By artinthecenter

The boardwalk is floating over a bog. So it is a marsh below and surrounding the walkway…but it would easily swallow any brush, bag, or cell phone that happened to slip toward the edge.

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Essential Tips for Watercoloring Outside

January 22, 2017 By artinthecenter

American watercolorist, John Singer Sargent frequently painted en plein air from a gondola in the water rising and falling in the canals of Venice.

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