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Watercolour, 12" by 18". In October, I went to Zambia in southern Africa as the guest of a small orphanage in the bush to teach art. This is one of the orphan girls. It was truly a life-changing experience. On an artists income, it's a bit hard to come up with the dough for a trip like that, but many of my fellow artists and patrons donated to help get me there, so I'll be sending them prints of this one as a way of saying "thank you". On my first full day at the orphanage, I was called upon to teach more than 200 children from the neighbouring villages - I taught light and shadow in pastel in groups of 75 on that day. It was amazing - you could have heard a pin drop in that room. Later, the children walked home with their treasured artworks rolled and tucked carefully away. I have no doubt that they're still proudly displayed in wood and thatch huts.

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Watercolour, 12" by 18". In October, I went to Zambia in southern Africa as the guest of a small orphanage in the bush to teach art. This is one of the orphan girls. It was truly a life-changing experience. On an artists income, it's a bit hard to come up with the dough for a trip like that, but many of my fellow artists and patrons donated to help get me there, so I'll be sending them prints of this one as a way of saying "thank you". On my first full day at the orphanage, I was called upon to teach more than 200 children from the neighbouring villages - I taught light and shadow in pastel in groups of 75 on that day. It was amazing - you could have heard a pin drop in that room. Later, the children walked home with their treasured artworks rolled and tucked carefully away. I have no doubt that they're still proudly displayed in wood and thatch huts.