"Hummingbird"

By Bernadette Resha

16 x 20 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

2013

      Bernadette Resha is a Tennessee native who was born with Down-syndrome. She began an interest in art when she attended art galleries and museums. With the support of her family, she has been able to pursue a career in art and is now participating in exhibits, selling merchandise with her art on it and even has her own website. Her response to her art was, "My goals are to increase my skills.  I want to improve on painting three dimensional, lighting and form, shape and shadows, and to learn how to blend colors.” 

       The reason this Hummingbird fits into the exhibit is because there are no definite lines and there is no symmetry in this painting. Unlike art we normally see which has to be perfect, I believe that people with disabilities such as Bernadette's have allowed them to look beyond the imperfections. She had a vision and she painted with the sole purpose of putting that vision on paper.

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