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Talk about Art

By Carolyn Henderson

When life handed Barbara Coppock a bushel of lemons, she didn't stop with just making lemonade. The Clarkston artist, who creates intaglio print etchings of cherished buildings, landscapes, and landmarks of country scenes, set up a (figurative) lemonade stand and started a profitable business in the midst of personal tragedy.

It started after Coppock's children graduated from high school and flew the nest, leaving her time to pursue her printmaking interests with the new press she had just purchased.

"At that time, however, my husband Bill was in an auto...