ARTIST STATEMENT: Exposur e to regular art therapy sessions has pushed me to create original (&ldquo \;out of my head&rdquo\;) abstract artworks. More often though\, art expre ssion with pencil and colored pens has found me drawn to Santa Fe/Taos\, N ew Mexico and southern Utah landscapes or Native American scenes. I also e njoy doing my own takes on masterworks from art magazines and books and do ing original works from photographs. With most all of these compositions I like to challenge myself and incorporate great detail and vibrant(some sa y fauvist) explosions of color.
\nARTIST BIOGRAPHY: After a stroke in 2007\, I began art and music therapy in the fall of 200 8 and soon realized a talent for drawing with my non-dominant hand (left a rm unaffected by stroke). Since November 2009\, I have produced over 375 c olored pen &ldquo\;paintings&rdquo\; on paper. Many have been inspired by impressionist masterworks from books and magazines\, but I&rsquo\;ve also done free-hand paintings of landscapes of Torrey\, UT and nearby Capitol R eef N.P.\, original still lifes and abstracts\, and paintings from photogr aphs. Before my stroke\, I was a dermatologist for 35 years in the Salt La ke valley\, art collector and home restorer. &ldquo\;Art for Non-majors&rd quo\; was my worst grade in college\, and now after a stroke\, art express ion has given me a huge &ldquo\;lift&rdquo\; and countless hours of enjoym ent.
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