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on the cover:<br />
Winter’s Splendor<br />
(oil on canvas, 18x36)<br />
by Michael Godfrey<br />
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LETTER from the editors<br />
Welcome to the second edition of Inspired—a<br />
digital magazine for artists and creative<br />
enthusiasts of all types. The feedback on the<br />
inaugural issue, launched in September, con-<br />
firmed our suspicions: Many of you are eager<br />
for fun ways to nurture your creativity. So,<br />
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<a title="Inspired magazine winter 2012 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/956fc279?page=32"> Central Park Nocturnal Snow II oil on canvas (44×</a>
<a title="Inspired magazine winter 2012 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/956fc279?page=33"> Crisp and Clear acrylic and gouache on paper (6x</a>
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<a title="Inspired magazine winter 2012 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/956fc279?page=38"> Late Spring Snow acrylic (26x36) by Stephen Quill</a>
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