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Lynn Colwell is a mixed-media artist in Redmond, Washington. In primary school, a teacher told her she 1 (have) no artistic talent and Lynn believed her. Until 2015, that is, when she retired, looking to start 2 new interest, she took a year-long online painting class.

She started painting striking portraits of women’s faces, 3 (combine) with short messages of hope. In five years, she’s completed about 1,000 paintings. Lynn gives her paintings away. She started with friends, but that only went so far. Then she read about a 4 (move) called Art Abandonment, 5 encourages artists to leave their art in public places for anyone to pick up. That gave her the idea of 6 (put) her work into the hands of strangers through Facebook.

Nearly every day, Lynn posts a painting on her Facebook page. Five years later, she’s still 7 (amaze) at the results. So far, her paintings 8 (raise) more than $57,000 for nonprofits such as animal rescue centers, homeless shelters 9 food pantries (食品分发处) as well as for people who have lost 10 (they) jobs or been overwhelmed with medical bills.

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