Off to Italy to Study Painting: A Former Inmate’s Journey

“This is my paint gear,” George Anthony Morton said, apologizing for splatters that only he could see on his black T-shirt. He had spent the afternoon at his easel, painting a portrait of someone he had asked to pose for him.

“This hasn’t gotten to the stage where it’s satisfactory yet,” he said, but he was upbeat — he had two more sessions with her. “Hopefully, I’ll be able to refine it,” he said.

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