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5 of Diamonds / If Not Now When

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5 of Diamonds

Greg Moutafis

Digital Illustration

If Not Now When

Barbara Burns-Dore

Mixed Media

About the Creators

Greg Moutafis

Greg Moutafis is an artist working in illustration, cartooning, graphic design, and painting. A graduate of Massachusetts College of Art, he has illustrated projects for a variety of audiences; his clients include Cengage Learning, Topps Trading Cards, Children’s Hospital Boston, and SNHU. After living in Boston and traveling the U.S. his current creative base is his hometown of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Greg is a recipient of a 2025 Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant for Creative Individuals.

Barbara Burns-Dore

Barbara Burns-Dore is a mixed media artist, using primarily cut paper and recycled materials in her work. She is also an avid letter writer, mail art enthusiast and hand letterer. She has lived in Newburyport, Massachusetts for almost 50 years and spent much of her life as a clinical social worker. She retired from fulltime work during the pandemic and has been focusing on her art since then. 

 

Barbara has always believed in the therapeutic value of making art and viewing art and has taken professional workshops in art therapy.  

 

Her formal art instruction took place at Massachusetts College of Art, Salem State College and Northern Essex Community College in addition to many internationally based online programs.

She has been featured in What Women Create Magazine, Uppercase Magazine, Contemporary Collage Magazine, Calligraphy Crush online publication and Newburyport Magazine.

 

Her art has been exhibited and sold from local galleries in the area and she has taught and continues to offer workshops in local art centers, some generously funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

 

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