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COURTESY OF THE ARTIST
legendary, and congenitally frugal, once succumbed to a promotional packet of ten laced, linen handkerchiefs. Indecisive as she was impecunious, Flora returned them, then reclaimed them, and surrendered again, like weak flesh to temptation, so many times that Mabel Loomis from the ladies’ department was heard to exclaim, “Dear Lord, here comes Flora McIntryre again. I don’t know whether she’s got ’em, or I’ve got ’em.”
Finding Balance (mixed media collage of handprinted papers, Japanese sumi ink, and acrylic paint, 29x36) by Carol Retsch-Bogart
Ah, but how did I get here from ham?
Chapel Hill resident CAROL RETSCH-BOGART recently retired from her private psychotherapy practice and from Duke University after thirty years in the Employee Counseling Program. She earned a BA in English and Psychology from the University of Cincinnati and an MSW from Ohio State University. Her art education includes workshops at Penland School of Crafts in Spruce Pines, NC, as well as at Cullowhee Mountain Arts at Western Carolina University. She exhibits primarily at FRANK Gallery in Chapel Hill and has also exhibited at the Horace Williams House in Chapel Hill and the North Carolina Crafts Gallery in Carrboro, among other places. She is a member of the Orange County Artists Guild, the International Encaustic Artists, and the Durham Arts Guild. In 2017, she received an Emerging Artist Grant from the International Encaustic Artists. See more of her work on her website.