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Painter By Mouth
Painter By Mouth

Professor of Perspective, Royal Academy of Art ‘Painting is always a challenge, the arriving at a personal language, the mastering of technique both of drawing and of painting, the sheer physical effort and ...

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How a 77-Year-Old Disabled Artist Finally Got Her Moment
How a 77-Year-Old Disabled Artist Finally Got Her Moment

For nearly 30 years, Helen Rae, a 77-year-old self-taught artist, has started her drawings the same way: by looking for inspiration in the pages of Vogue or other glossy fashion magazines. When she finds an ...

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3 Types of Social Enterprise
3 Types of Social Enterprise

3 Social Enterprise Types & Examples Social enterprises are founded to solve a range of social needs and often vary in their model. These are three common approaches along with some best in class examp...

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Amazing, Detailed Drawings from One Glance
Amazing, Detailed Drawings from One Glance

Stephen Wiltshire is an artist who draws and paints detailed cityscapes. He has a " particular talent for drawing lifelike, accurate representations of cities, sometimes after having only observed them brie...

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Painter With No Hands
Painter With No Hands

For as long as he can remember, 32-year-old Desmond Blair thought he wanted to be an artist. For as long as he can remember, people told him to think again. “People are going to talk about you, but you can s...

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Charismatic & Brave Photographer ... Gone too Soon!
Charismatic & Brave Photographer ... Gone too Soon!

A 'charismatic and brave' campaigner who suffered from a rare skin condition that left him with the pain of 'third-degree burn' blisters every day has died at the age of 24.  James Dunn, from Whiston, Mersey...

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Functionally Blind and Differentiating Between Sunlight & Darkness
Functionally Blind and Differentiating Between Sunlight & Darkness

It’s easy to imagine blindness as a crippling disability that would end a visual artist’s career, but in John Bramblitt’s case, his blindness was actually what sparked his career as an artist. Bramblitt bega...

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A SPECIAL Artist & Oh How He Loves His Mom!
A SPECIAL Artist & Oh How He Loves His Mom!

Drew is 21 and it is 6:00am-ish on any random day, “Mommy are you awake?”  (Silence) “Mommy are you awake?”  (Silence) Now, tapping on my, “mommy are you awake?” Now, gentle shaking is involved, “mommy are y...

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