Coeur d'Alene artist Stephen Shortridge encourages young painters at Sorensen
Nationally acclaimed oil painter Stephen Shortridge examines a canvas Tuesday with first grader Kam Allen at Sorensen Magnet School of the Arts and Humanities during an artist-in-residence session.
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Sorensen Magnet School of the Arts and Humanities first grader Jace Hamill signs his painting Tuesday with assistance from artist-in-residence Stephen Shortridge.
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Stephen Shortridge shares artistic words of wisdom with first graders Tuesday at Sorensen Magnet School of the Arts and Humanities.
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Fifth graders Matthew Ebberts and Cheyenne Farris are in the painting zone Tuesday at Sorensen Magnet School.
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COEUR d'ALENE — The only way to turn a canvas into a work of art is to start.
"What I think about art is you should be able to fail because you tried," Coeur d'Alene oil painter Stephen Shortridge said Tuesday afternoon over a hubbub of first graders putting finishing details on their paintings.
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