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Don’t Wait Until You Say Goodbye

By crista-cloutier | May 24, 2017

I’ve just returned from the funeral of my dear friend Evan. Saying good-bye has got to be one of the…

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Portrait of Artist Donna Skaropoulou

Meet Working Artist Donna Skaropoulou

By crista-cloutier | May 24, 2017

Donna Skaropoulou is a painter.  Originally from the U.K., she traveled to Greece in her early twenties, and there fell…

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My Landlady is an Angel

By crista-cloutier | May 24, 2017

I’d moved to England three years earlier, living in a small town in the country. It was pretty, but also…

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The Wise 11-Year Old Artist

By crista-cloutier | May 24, 2017

My nephew Phoenix turned 11-years old yesterday, though I’ve always secretly suspected him of being 41. I’m visiting to help…

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Men Like Him

By crista-cloutier | May 24, 2017

He thought his career was over. Bill Jay had been a professor of the History of Photography. He’d published dozens…

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Portrait of Artist Leslie Jean-Bart

Meet Working Artist Leslie Jean-Bart

By crista-cloutier | May 24, 2017

“Becoming a working artist has literally saved my life.” So admits Haitian-born photographer Leslie Jean-Bart. Now an avowed New Yorker,…

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Portrait of Crista Cloutier

Do You Hear That? It’s Life Asking You A Question.

By crista-cloutier | May 24, 2017

What do you want to do when you grow up? Do you think we ever stop asking ourselves that question?…

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Watch This Space!

By crista-cloutier | May 24, 2017

It’s been exactly seven years since I stepped on that airplane to France. I was so frazzled that when I…

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Portrait of Artist Gopaal Sen

Meet Working Artist Gopaal Sen

By crista-cloutier | May 21, 2017

Prior to quitting his full-time job, artist Gopaal Sen worked the high flying corporate life – travelling 180 nights a…

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