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Voices of Experience - Stephanie Birdsall

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The Artist's Road
Jan 12, 2026
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“I often think of light as the melody leading us through the painting.”

Sunflowers 10 x 20” Oil

Sunflower Oil Painting © Stephanie Birdsall

Growing up surrounded by a family fluent in music and art, Stephanie Birdsall has always known she is an artist. She writes, “There has never really been anything I wanted to do, other than paint.” Now an accomplished and award-winning artist working in both pastel and oil, Birdsall wrote to us about her guiding mentors through her artistic journey and the joy of being able to teach her own students in person once again.

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