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Michele Ashby, "SKIN," 2019, Unison Colour and an assortment of pastel pencils on Pastelmat, 16 x 16 in. This double portrait shows just how close my two children are. I wanted a more interesting pose than simply having them standing side by side but I didn’t want one of them to appear more prominent as the focal point than the other therefore I flipped the final image so they both occupy, quite rightly so, centre stage together.

Michele Ashby – My Children As Muse

Over the last couple of years, I’ve featured three pastel paintings by Michele Ashby in my round-ups. Each time was of a different subject: a spiral staircase, a dog portrait, and a figure piece. Such talent! Following Michele on various social media platforms, I’ve noticed that she posts a lot of paintings she’s done of

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