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I have been drawing or painting nearly my entire life. My colour blindness or
more accurately, my very limited ability to see colour was discovered in fifth
grade to the amusement of my classmates. I rely heavily on value and
contrast in my images, eventually learning to store the colours in my head
rather than relying on my eye. A common misconception is that I see in black
and white, I see colour but only the brightest hues register. Everyone
comments on how bright my paintings are, but to me, they seem normal. In
the late 1970's I saw reproductions of Pre-Raphaelite paintings in my English
Lit book. Perhaps it was their exceptionally bright colours that attracted me,
but once I saw the work of Arthur Hughes, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and
particularly John William Waterhouse's 1888 version of The Lady of Shalott,
my course as an artist was forever set.
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