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I discovered I was an artist late in life. My mother was very talented, but never found the time to pick up a brush. I remember telling her that if I had her talent, I would never stop painting. She always said I had talent, I just had to try. After her death, as if to defy her, I took an oil painting class. I came home and showed my husband the finished painting and said, "I think I can paint". I never looked back. At age 58, I discovered the artist in me. I like to think of myself as Grandma Moses without the following or the money, but I'm working on both. The world as I see it, is full of color and I try to reflect that in everything I paint. Affordable Art For Everyone is the mantra of Own A Debbie. Here, even the...