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Seminars at the conference were like mini-workshops.  In the span of two days I saw Margret Dryer demonstrate a photo shoot with a model, and listened to Anne Hevener, the editor of the Pastel Journal, talk about how an artist can get published.  I thoroughly enjoyed the figure demonstration by Doug Dawson.  He is a great teacher.  Not every artist can articulate their process and break it down so it is easily understood.   As much as I enjoy watching a good artist paint, I really enjoy hearing a good teacher teach.

The seminar I enjoyed the most was the talk and demonstration by Fred Somers.   It was an honest and heartfelt talk about his journey from the world of angry abstraction to finding his true voice in the beauty around him.  It was one of the most moving speeches on the creative process that I have ever heard and I return to it often in my memory.