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Rich’s art journey

Painting my way through a life with Parkinson’s disease 

In the summer of 2018 I started to notice my Right hand wasn’t doing quite what I wanted it to do. Within 6 months I had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s and as part of my journey with PD I picked up a paint brush and started painting again after about a 10 year hiatus. These are some of the results. Some I like, others less so. Now I paint almost every day and it’s helping me deal with the ups and downs of life with Mr P. 

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Stepper Point, Cornwall

Oil on board

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Early starts

Parkinson’s affects people in many ways beyond the muscle stiffness and tremor. For me sleep disturbance is probably one of the biggest...

Watercolour

I have experimented with watercolours from time to time. They are much less forgiving and I don’t enjoy painting with them as much as I...

Snowy days

This is an earlier effort, looking East from the house. We don’t get much snow these days, but the landscape is magical when we do. What...

Shhhhh

The irony of painting a very relaxed and somnolent cat when I find sleeping well is elusive is not lost on me. Black is very tricky I...

Yellow 2

Finished. For now anyway. The temptation to keep fiddling and fussing with paintings is often to their detriment. I am learning to leave...

Brush

Amongst the many non motor symptoms associated with Parkinsons Disease is poor sleep. Anyone who has PD or lives with someone affected...

Yellow

We are lucky to live in a very quiet, rural area that is full of the bright yellow of rapeseed at this time of year. Love it or hate it...

Almscliffe Crag

An outcrop of tough millstone grit to the North of Leeds that is eroding at a slower rate than the softer surrounding shale. This place...

Polzeath, Cornwall

I first went to Cornwall as a kid back in the 70's, when driving anywhere was an adventure, let alone Cornwall, hundreds of miles away....

Malham

This is an earlier painting, above the Cove. The light was perfect even though I probably haven’t captured it. I also loved the socially...

Malham Cove. Yorkshire, UK

Acrylic on board 600mm x 400mm. This is my first effort at using a pallet knife. Well, it’s actually a small trowel I found in the garden...

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