Nature Is Both Beautiful & Brutal: A Conversation With Naomi McCavitt of Thicket Design

by R. Anthony Harris | ART, DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION, MUSEUM & GALLERY NEWS, PAINTING & SCULPTURE, POP CULTURE, RICHMOND NEWS, SMALL BUSINESS, STREET ART

With a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, Naomi McCavitt, the talented artist behind Thicket Design has established herself as an artist to...

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