Acrylic paint suits me better, with the texture and strong colours.
Nowadays I struggle to paint with a brush, but will still try, even with a plastic knife or fork to create the effect I want.
"Rain", one of my earliest pieces from 2011.
My speech was delayed a few years. I expressed myself through art. (Click the picture for a short video)
Watch me get started around the 20 seconds mark!
Laughing and having fun together!
Art helps me to meet many people.
That's my creation. But surprise, it was my brother's artwork that won a special prize. I am so proud of him!
First time:
Coached by a few pro artists; filmed and featured on national TV; exhibited to the public in Inside Scoop ice cream shop; successful art auction; raised funds (to buy my standing frame); donated generously to charity.
I was able to use a brush, palette and water tub. In the full videos, you can hear me panting from the effort but I kept going.
Thrilled to be featured with adult artists, which one do you think is mine? So encouraging to have a collector buy my artwork.
An art studio where I can dream and have what it takes to help me be free to paint.
Speech and respiratory therapy enabled me to start speaking and I hope to sound clearer when I grow up.
It is called abstract expressionism, and naive. And I am usually a finger painter.
It is getting harder for me to hold a pen, and impossible by now for me to draw a straight line.