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The Path to Creativity Is Not Predictable: How to Be a Successful Black Artist!

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Artist and community leader Deonna Craig has always been creative, but she didn't realize she was an artist until later. Deonna went from being a producer on the "Jerry Springer Show" to working as an insurance fraud investigator. One day, she was exposed to painting, and her world completely changed.

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