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The Pitfalls of Painting "Eye Candy" with Kenn Backhaus

12 min • 29 september 2021

It's easy to focus on the wrong things in painting, it's also easy to emphasize style over content. In this episode, artist Kenn Backhaus and Gabor discuss how artists can avoid falling into these common pitfalls.

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