By Jayna Smith

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Local artist Paul Redding has re-opened his downtown art studio at 315 Main Street.  Now called “Charcoal City,” Redding’s gallery has a great showing of his own work for people to simply view, to purchase, or to see ideas for their own custom order.

A self-taught artist, Redding began painting with oils in 1956.  Today, however, his medium of choice is charcoal.