Coeur d'Alene artist Stephen Shortridge encourages young painters at Sorensen

Artist Stephen Shortridge encourages young painters at Sorensen

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," artist Stephen Shortridge said Tuesday afternoon over a hubbub of first graders putting finishing touches on their kid-sized paintings of landscapes and wildlife.