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Traditional Fine Art as Storytelling

For artist Shelly Salter, storytelling is at the heart of her work. Whether painting in oils or drawing in charcoal, she loves to bring the past back to life.
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Traditional Fine Art as Storytelling
ANGRY MOTHER EARTH: Shelly Salter’s painting “The story of Demeter, Goddess of wheat,” exemplifies the artist’s mission to provoke awareness of environmental issues. Courtesy of Shelly Salter
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Sharon Kilarski
Sharon Kilarski
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Sharon writes theater reviews, opinion pieces on our culture, and the classics series. Classics: Looking Forward Looking Backward: Practitioners involved with the classical arts respond to why they think the texts, forms, and methods of the classics are worth keeping and why they continue to look to the past for that which inspires and speaks to us. To see the full series, see ept.ms/LookingAtClassics.
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