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Morning Sun, 5 x 5 cradled Gessoboard, Oil

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I wanted to do something different today and went looking through my sources for inspiration.  I have wonderful childhood memories of visiting a farm during summer breaks.  So I had to paint a farm animal...so why not a piggy.

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