For the Art Gallery theme I decided to choose was to aspect artist who had a interesting background behind them. I found it really fascinating to see the type of art work they can come up with while having barriers that cant effect their everyday life.
These painting were done by a man named John Brambitt, when John was about 7 years old he was diagnosed with Lyme disease. By his mid twenties John had lost his vision. Despite losing his vision he can still create marvelous pieces such as for the painting listed above and below for instance.
This painting was done by a girl named Sarah, she illustrates this painting to give the audience a visual perspective onto how her childhood was. Sarah mentioned in an article that she had a glum childhood due to the fact that her parents were heavy drinkers and would constantly fight. Which ties back to this painting depicting what she went through growing up.
The image depicted above is painted by a man named Henri Rousseau. Rousseau was a french artist who was known for breaking the framework of academic standards. I choose to Rousseau because once I seen his paintings I was immediately drawn to them for some odd reason that I can not entail.
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