“Lynn Colwell’s art teacher peered down at the then-8-year-old’s drawing and made a blunt assessment: Art was not for her. Colwell believed her teacher and spent the next several decades not painting, accepting that she wasn’t artistic.”
“A little over five years ago, a friend suggested that Colwell register for an online painting class. After her first class, she was hooked. She painted all the time. Soon she generated works faster than she could give them away. Her friends thanked her for her generosity but admitted they were running out of space.”
“That’s when she wondered whether she could give them away to people on her Facebook page and, in exchange, they could make a donation to a cause they cared about.”
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