When I was a kid, I couldn’t survive a summer here without discovering some kind of new craft to get my hands tangled in. There was the summer of watercolors, origami, Fimo clay, puffy paint…name any ...
Courtney Chowaniec considers herself a serious artist. Last summer, a picture of flowers that she painted won first place at the Portland Fair. It was one of the proudest moments in her 8-year-old ...