Part 1: Autisticly Aaron William’s thoughts on their special interest art and the joy of painting
I’ve wanted to create a space and feature where neurodivergents can showcase their interests and and talents as a means of empowerment and a chance for us to infodump. This is my passion, a means I have found joy in in sixth form, when studying I always enjoyed art and design something that I padssionate about. Find it is something being dyspraxic, I’ve proud to have found a means of expression. Art to me is therapy, although due to being dyspraxic remember coming home from sixth form with paint on my beard fore head behind my ears. I left my mark on the class room i did art in with many reminants of acrylic paints on my desk from my art projects.
Personally, I enjoyed paintings of landscape, as it something you can lose yourself in focusing on the sceanary the setting and the narrative of the painting. With landscapes I enjoy immersing my self in the sceanary focussing on the detail focusing on the nature the coast, calming and tranquil sceanary. Painting landscapes for me gives a sense of serenity, painting with blues and greens are calming, living in a coastal town in the South Wales vallleys the inspiration comes from my surroundings.
With Art I my art work inspired me to create a twitter and instagram @artisticlyaaron a space to showcase my creations. Find it shows the strengths of being Neurodivergent the ability to try to be expressive, creative and find different means of self care. As being in isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic it did inspire me to create some peices inspired by the health workers as an ode to the pandemic and get my paintbrushes out it has given me something to focus on at a time of grave uncertainty and anxiety.
I also inspired by the likes of Harring, Warhol and Lichtenstein for their means of sparking joy as they did in the post war era in the dawn of commercialisation and bright bold and vibrant packaging which reflected in the creation of Pop art a response of the new era of capitalism and the creation of popular culture music and films. Ive always regardless of the pieces since studying art in comprehensive attracted to the style of bold lines, I like it because its art that doesnt go unnoticed that gives me a mood boosting sense of positivity. Whilst what i like with most pieces of art a sense of concept
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I have enjoyed also reflecting on elements of my other interests as done pieces inspired by music with the likes of the albums of Ed Sheeran & Blur, political movements and the time in history we found our selves in the coronavirus, LGBTQIA+ pride, Feminism resistance movements and the current climate crisis
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