
Featured Artist: Patricia Bodine
"There’s always a release when I finish a piece and it keeps me somewhat grounded in times that don’t seem to make much sense," says Patricia Bodine of Hacienda Del Sol Resort in Tucson, Ariz.
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"There’s always a release when I finish a piece and it keeps me somewhat grounded in times that don’t seem to make much sense," says Patricia Bodine of Hacienda Del Sol Resort in Tucson, Ariz.





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