Art is my safe place. I have a neurological condition,CMT disease. I cant feel my hands or feet but am in constant pain. Art lets me escape
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I love to try and bring emotion and mood through light and color. I try to achieve a level of realism while useing impressionistic techniques. Water colors, acrylics or oils are my prefered mediums. I will often combined medias to achieve my vision in a piece.
Where do you find inspiration?Nature and Gods creation are what I draw my inspiration from. I have a nerve disorder which and has left me with no feeing in my hands lower legs and feet. It is spreading, so I use it to force myself to cope through creating something beautiful. I guess its my attempt to make beauty from ashes.
What would you do with $25,000?Since I cant get life insurance, I would put it into some type of secure investment for my wife to use when I pass.
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