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The presentation this month was given by Dr. Mark Milde on "Photography". Dr. Milde brought some of his photographs that he has taken and blown up for display that hangs in his office. He told his process of photographing different scenes, where he took the photographs and what about the scenery that caught his eye. He also mentioned different techniques that he uses for success photography. Milde also showed a couple of photographs that he took of Tom Runnels and told a humorous story about when he met Tom for the first time. Everyone enjoyed his presentation with many questions afterwards that he answered.

The presentation this month was given by area artist Mary Kay Sawyers entitled "Acrylic Painting on Everything". Mary Kay is a self taught artist who will paint on about anything with detail. She has painted on items such as feathers, rocks, beans, saws, bones, old records, etc. She showed several items and explained her procedure.

The presentation this month was by multi-talented artist Craig Thomas of Cape Girardeau. Craig showed photographs of several of his Street Paintings that he had completed over the years. He also showed his sketchbook of figure drawings and portraits, photographs of murals he worked on and some of his acrylic paintings. Craig is an amazing artist and everyone enjoyed his presentation. You can view Craig's art on his website www.craigthomasart.com 

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