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God may work in light, but we mortals work in pigment.

Robert Genn

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Pigment
Mortals
Light
May
Work

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