"I'm moved by the brave soldiers and want to show my gratitude in my paintings, " Itell him.

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At that sitting, the artist saw potential in some finger paintings I'd made for my children and offered to give me free painting lessons.

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My paintings and installations are mostly about the bycatch of human activity and the race for technological progress in combination with the human error that surrounds this progress.

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