Lisa Fittipaldi
Cheerful and picturesque canvases Lisa Fittipaldi is usually very popular with the audience. But the simple pleasure of looking at the paintings is replaced by amazement and even shock when people learn that the author of these paintings is blind. Blind artist? Not seeing Lisa's work is hard to believe. But the work of this author proves once again that the talent and strength of the human spirit can do more than just a lot - sometimes they do the impossible.
The woman stopped seeing in 1993, and two years later she picked up her brushes. A chartered accountant and financial analyst, Lisa, along with her eyesight, lost her job, independence and the meaning of life. Her lingering depression lasted for over a year, until one day her husband brought her a children's watercolor set.
Having no art education, Lisa Fittipaldi faced many difficulties. She could not study the technique of painting, watching the actions of the teacher, she could not see the paintings. But this did not stop the woman, and instead she came up with her own education system: she listened to audio versions of books about art and visited famous museums with her husband, for which she never found time in her previous life. In order to navigate the composition of the future picture, Lisa pulled nets made of ropes onto the canvas, but over time she learned to do without them.
Critics and other artists have repeatedly told Lisa that she can paint abstractions or flowers as much as she wants, but she will never become a real artist, since she is unable to depict people and scenes from street life. It was a challenge, and Fittipaldi answered it with dignity. In 1998 she painted the first street scene and has done so constantly since then. At the same time, it remains a mystery to everyone how Lisa manages to paint without seeing paints and canvas; the artist claims that this is incomprehensible even to herself.
Lisa Fittipaldi's work is regularly exhibited in galleries around the world. In addition, she is the author of A Brush with Darkness, in which the artist describes how she learned to paint while blind.
Of all disabled diseases, it is blindness that is considered the most difficult in its characteristics. Some visually impaired people give up, but there are those who, despite their illness, continue to fight and create. A vivid proof of this - 4 artists who did not leave their profession.
KEITH SALMON
British artist Keith Salmon has traveled for a long time different parts The United Kingdom - from Wales to Scotland, whose contrasting landscapes and nature inspired the artist to create his striking work. Several years ago, the artist was diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy, as a result of which he went blind, but this only contributed to the development of his artistic vision. His landscapes are beautiful, abstract and recognizable for their use of vibrant color.
JOHN BRAMBLITT
John Bramblitt is an American artist whose work is framed in vibrant arrays of color and classic American iconography. He went blind ten years ago due to complications from epilepsy, but this did not stop him from creating, moreover, the artist became an inspirational figure for all disabled people in his home state of Texas.
SARGY MANN
At the age of thirty, British artist Sarji Mann began to go blind from cataracts, but despite this, he is another artist who has not abandoned his calling. His tenacity paid off, and today his canvases are selling for more than £ 50,000. The artist said that, having become blind, his works became more complex and mysterious. The artist, unfortunately, passed away on April 5, 2015.
JEFF HANSON
The strong color palette and sophisticated technique are immediately striking upon seeing the work of American artist Jeff Hanson. Using repeating geometric shapes, he draws inspiration from the natural world.
At first glance, the pictures presented in this article do not seem worth paying special attention to. The thing that can make you take a closer look at them is the story of their author, the blind Kharkov artist Dmitry Didorenko.
Dmitry was not blind from birth: he lost his sight after being blown up by an old German mine while searching for the remains of soldiers missing in World War II. Before that, Didorenko was already known as an artist, but the tragedy that happened dashed all his hopes for the future future. To get Dmitry out of depression, one of his friends suggested organizing an exhibition of the artist's old works. It was this event that prompted our hero to take up the brush again - he wanted to prove that he is still an artist, even if he has lost his sight. At first, his works were not much like paintings, but many hours of practice yielded results: Dmitry began to paint again.
“When I first saw the work of Dmitry Didorenko, I felt ashamed of how often we complain about life and its injustice towards us,” says Valentina Myzgina, director of the Kharkiv art museum... “After all, all this time we continue to see the world around us, and Dmitry cannot see it, but he doesn’t complain, but works.”
The artist admits that the plots of the paintings come to him on their own, sometimes he even dreams, and he only has to choose the best from them. And the most important thing for him is to see the results of his work, no matter how paradoxical it may sound: “I see what I draw, just as clearly and legibly as others. The only difference is that I do not use my eyes, but use my heart. "
