“I paint what I find beautiful. Unique things of beauty that catch my eye are my subjects and I try to replicate the scene in paints on canvas. I had no idea it was my sole into which I was dipping brush and that it was my nature I was painting. If one is alert and open minded, the things one can learn every day are amazing.” ~Jim Chiddix
Jim Chiddix – painting
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