Artist Spotlight: Alexandra Newton
Posted on 01 December 2017
Guest post by Alexandra Newton
Art and wildlife were a huge part of my upbringing on the Georgia coast - I was a creative earth spirit from the start. Teachers told my parents that I liked to "follow the beat of my own drum" -- running barefoot down the beach chasing seagulls and collecting bugs were a only a few of my little nature girl hobbies.
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