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First, I called it “After Rose” but my youngest sister had a useful comment on my instagram preview post<\/a>, and now it’s called “There All Along.”<\/p>\n Watercolor on Arches hot pressed paper. 10cm x 25cm. Almost to what I hoped for.<\/p>\n You can see it at the Birds of Vermont Museum<\/a> through the fall (unless it sells); it was accepted into the “Expanding Voices” art show<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" First, I called it “After Rose” but my youngest sister had a useful comment on my instagram preview post, and now it’s called “There All Along.” Watercolor on Arches hot pressed paper. 10cm x 25cm. Almost to what I hoped for. 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