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<title>A passion for pastels</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 26, 2013) After years as a poet, sculptor, weaver and painter, West Potsdam artist Becky Harblin says she only recently discovered what may well be her real passion for art: pastels.    Originally from Peru, in the Champlain Valley, Harblin has traveled and lived around the country.   She worked for The New Yorker magazine in the 80&apos;s but decided that a rural life was more fitting to her.  She and her husband, Don, raise a small flock of sheep, veggies and herbs on their farm near Potsdam.  Her love for plants and the environment has led her to embrace shamanism.Harblin studied art in college, where she says she dabbled in pastels.  It was just last summer that she  took the brightly colored sticks of pure pigment more seriously.  Todd Moe stopped by her home studio. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21691/20130326/a-passion-for-pastels">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[After years as a poet, sculptor, weaver and painter, West Potsdam artist Becky Harblin says she only recently discovered what may well be her real passion for art: pastels.    Originally from Peru, in the Champlain Valley, Harblin has traveled and lived around the country.   She worked for The New Yorker magazine in the 80&apos;s but decided that a rural life was more fitting to her.  She and her husband, Don, raise a small flock of sheep, veggies and herbs on their farm near Potsdam.  Her love for plants and the environment has led her to embrace shamanism.Harblin studied art in college, where she says she dabbled in pastels.  It was just last summer that she  took the brightly colored sticks of pure pigment more seriously.  Todd Moe stopped by her home studio. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21691/20130326/a-passion-for-pastels">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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