A Manhattan woman never had a gallery show, but over the course of 30 years, she painted nearly every day.

Now, her daughter is helping her art find a new life in the homes of friends and strangers.

"It comes from somewhere inside"

Some lives are measure in minutes. Some are measured in brushstrokes.

"It feels internal to me, which I like, too. It comes from somewhere inside," said Barbara Quart, 90.

Quart has painted nearly every day since she retired from teaching literature 30 years ago. She doesn't paint for money or fame, but because the moment called to her.

"The birds were singing and insects are buzzing and the herbs smell delicious and the water is glittering," she said, "and you're trying to convey all of that somehow, and it's a joyful thing."

There are hundreds of painti

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