Anne Abbott - Gifted artist. Extra-ordinary human being
Posted by Ric on July 22nd, 2008
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Anne Abbott is a gifted artist and an extra-ordinary human being.
OK, so all artists are gifted and we are all extra-ordinary human beings.
BUT Anne is special.
Anne has had Cerebral Palsy since birth, is confined to a wheel chair and communicates with an ACC - Augmentative and Alternative Communication device. She points her finger at a letter or symbol on a board in front of her to tell you what she wants to say.
And the magic is in her finger. Anne uses her finger to paint.
A single finger. With a single finger Anne created Flowers in a Blue Mountain Vase, the work that you can see below.
Anne has a website: http://www.artistanneabbott.com/
An article titled Anne Abbott Artist written by Emily Walker Thornton has recently been published in Good News Toronto on June 2008.
As the article mentions you can find Anne every Saturday at The St. Lawrence Market - on the Lower Level - where she has a stall and sells her art. Why not visit Anne? Meet a wonderful person and enjoy her art. Perhaps something she has created will appeal to you and you will take it home.
So how do I know Anne. We meet a number of years ago in a course that we were taking…a year long program for people with disabilities. I had had a car accident and was suffering from the effects of Subtle Traumatic Brain Injury and working at rebuilding my life that had been turned upside-down.
We were a small group of entrepreneurs who needed help nad found it through the TDBC - Toronto Business Development Center. The course was very useful but it was my fellow classmates who were the inspiration and continue to be.
Visit Anne. Fall in love with her art.
Buy her art, support her and add something beautiful to your home or that of a friend or loved one.
Ric Ward
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:25 pm
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