Prepare to enter the wild and wooly world of an adult with Aspergers Syndrome, a form of autism characterized by intellignce, quirks, social difficulties and downright strange and oddish behaviours.

People with Aspergers generally are high functioning in everyday life but have great difficulty connecting with others due to the inability to read faces, body language and subtle verbal clues. They also tend to take words literally and have a hard time multi-tasking.

Oversensitivity to touch (clothing has to be soft and often the tags removed), light (do not leave home without the sunglasses), sound (loud noises and noisey places are avoided), taste (many Aspies have quite a limited diet and are frequently very picky eaters) and smells makes the everyday existence more of a challenge.

Fasten your seatbelts and come on in...
To find out more about what Aspergers is..please check out my earliest blog entries

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Buoy Red, First Painting in the Merboat, Newport Fishing Boat Series

Ah, I'm pretty thrilled with my latest painting. I adore the red buoy against the contrast of black and white.
I'm fascinated by boats, in their lines and symmetry. This was very enjoyable to paint.
Last week I spent two days walking the Newport docks, taking pictures of boats I'd like to paint. I have three that I will create for sure. This is the first.