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Shopper Blog: Pandemic frees ex-educator to turn out prize-winning art
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Joe Tate stands next to his painting “Paradise,” which won first place at the Dogwood Arts Spring Art Show. The octogenarian began painting a lot during the pandemic and now has a newfound passion.
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John Shearer, Shopper News
The COVID-19 pandemic might have slowed down a lot of people’s lives either by choice or necessity, but for Joe Tate, it caused him to speed up one facet his interest in art.
Since the health care crisis hit over a year ago, the formerly periodic painter has become quite prolific and even recently won a prestigious art award in the Dogwood Arts Spring Art Show. And by the way, this man who seems full of new energy is also in his mid-80s. ....

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