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“As well as land\/seascapes, I especially love to paint local wildlife.\u00a0\u00a0Growing up within a crofting community most certainly influenced my love and respect for animals, allowing me to understand the nature and character of the subjects that I paint.\u00a0\u00a0I feel very fortunate that I am able to capture some of my own reference material on camera – my favourite collections being the wonderful variety of seabirds.”’<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.birlinnyarn.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/11\/18\/sharon-macpherson-nature-and-landscape-artist-isle-of-berneray” button_text=”Read the full interview” button_alignment=”center” button_alignment_tablet=”center” button_alignment_phone=”” button_alignment_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#ffffff” button_bg_color=”#000000″ button_border_width=”2px” button_border_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” button_border_radius=”0px” button_font=”|700|||||||” custom_margin_tablet=”|0px||” custom_margin_phone=”|0px||” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” custom_padding=”14px|48px|14px|48px|true|true” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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