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    Painting with Peace

    Jul 26, 2018 2 minutes
    Edited by Trevor Lang

    Michelle Caitens has a creative description for her recent experience of changing from acrylics to oil paints: ‘From painting with tension to painting with peace’.

    “With acrylics, I always felt that I was ‘fighting’ the paint, although I think that was largely due to my inexperience and lack of understanding of the medium,” she says. “As soon as I changed over to

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