Amy Sherald’s painting of Michelle Obama went viral. But she’s no overnight success.
May 22, 2018 / Elle
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Wall Patterns
May 18, 2018
When Claudia Comte discusses her early influences, she speaks of a her childhood home: Grancy, a small Swiss village in the countryside where her family lived in “a chalet in the woods…. I was very attracted by those woods.” She adds to her list animals, nature, and video…