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      <image:caption>My former art studio in Southern Rhode Island</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Framing Ideas for My Cup Paintings</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Rachel Petruccillo in her kitchen art studio in Italy</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://rpetru.com/blogs/blog/youre-not-a-real-artist</loc>
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      <image:caption>Helen-Frankenthaler - Image from the Ernst Haas estate</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Finding the Right Materials</image:title>
      <image:caption>gouache study on paper of Sally Gap, Wicklow Mountains, Ireland, 2019</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://rpetru.com/blogs/blog/painting-giveaway-and-an-interview</loc>
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      <image:caption>&quot;thrown thunder&quot; - abstracted mixed media painting inspired by irish landscapes</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Bliss in the Unknown</image:title>
      <image:caption>art supplies on the table in my studio</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Creative Escapism</image:title>
      <image:caption>digital painting of my kitchen in florence, italy</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>artists rachel petruccillo and christpher long painting a still life on youtube</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Finding a Happy Medium</image:title>
      <image:caption>oil painting of a trail leading across lumpy yellow and green fields</image:caption>
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      <image:title>The Series that Helped Me Break Through Creative Block</image:title>
      <image:caption>Large portrait drawing of a young Chinese woman yawning, Hong Kong. Copyright Rachel PetruccilloWalking the Avenue of Stars, Hong Kong (20x26 inches, graphite on paper)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>How I became a daily painter</image:title>
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    <loc>https://rpetru.com/blogs/blog/wickford-art-association-exhibits</loc>
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