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"Northeast Center Bus Stop" 24" x 30" 1999
By Jim C.
Jim
C. sustained traumatic brain injury as a result of
a pedestrian/motor vehicle accident in November of
1998. Conditions unrelated to the accident
required the amputation, at different time intervals, of
both legs below the knees.
Frequently, loss of ambition is accompanied in one's art
with images of standing figures. Jim's painted
figures are standing, climbing, striding in a
Giottoesque, stage-like setting where they
metaphorically play out powerful human dramas.
In this painting, rehabilitated neighbors are awaiting
their bus departure from Northeast Center as Jim watches from his
perched position on the pole, his feet not yet firmly
planted on the ground. During the time he was at
Northeast Center for Special Care, Jim conquered his loss of mobility, learning to
walk with the use of prosthetic legs. He was
discharged from Northeast Center for Special Care and
now shares a house with two other individuals in
upstate, New York close to his family.
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