"Forgive Me" 11" x 14" 2001
By Paul D.
Forty-four year old Paul D.,
ambulatory though confused, has spent most of his life
in an institution. In pet therapy, he developed an
affinity for birds which became the primary subject for
his drawings. He also developed a strong penchant for
writing on his drawings, crowding the entire right half
of his paper with a combination of legible and illegible
words and phrases. Routinely, his words pile on top of
each other, developing a cadence from left to right and
reaching a crescendo in the lower right corner. That
area becomes pure pencil lead concluding the gradating
tonality, giving the work a wonderful graphic quality.
In "Forgive Me", a powerful and touching
drawing with universal appeal, Paul used a black marker
with his typical overlappings, but the crescendo occurs
in the upper right rather than the bottom. Sensitive and
idiosyncratic, Paul's drawings are his unique link to
the world. Paul was discharged to a supportive
group home in the community. He continues to thrive in his
integrated setting.
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