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21세의 젊은 미술가, 백만불 자선 모금 21-Year-Old Visually Impaired Artist Has Raised $1 Million for Charity through Stunning Pa...

21세의 젊은 미술가 제프리 핸슨의 그림이 자선 전시회에서 무려 백만불을 모금했다.

그의 그림은 생동감이 넘치는 꽃을 소재로 독특한 기법으로 전시회에 참석한 사람들에게

많은 인기를 얻었다.

특유의 재능으로 그린 1,400여 작품들은 수천달러에 판매된 작품들도 적지 않으며

특히 워렌 버핏과 엘튼 존은 그의 작품의 유명 팬들이다.

Ki Chul Hwang 황기철

Conpaper Editor 콘페이퍼 에디터

Posted by Jenny Zhang

21-year-old Jeffrey Hanson creates paintings that are so strikingly vivid, it's astonishing to learn that the artist lives with a visual impairment that allows him to only vaguely make out shapes and colors in everyday life. Although legally blind, the painter has used his unique talents to produce over 1,400 stunning works of art, many of which sell for thousands of dollars and end up in the collections of famous fans like Warren Buffett and Elton John.

When he was younger, Hanson was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, a genetic condition that caused an optic nerve tumor and severe loss of vision. While undergoing chemotherapy, the Overland Park, Kansas resident started to paint notecards—a therapeutic hobby that eventually turned into a successful business when Hanson began selling them at a makeshift stand in his family's driveway. Since then, his self-established enterprise has flourished amazingly, as evidenced by his six-month backlog of commissions and his track record of raising over $1,000,000 for philanthropic causes since the age of 19.

How does Hanson create each signature piece? Like many other visually impaired artists, the 21-year-old relies on texture to produce spectacularly sculptural paintings that give flat canvases a 3D surface. First, Hanson slathers a thick layer of plastic substance onto his canvas. Once that hardens, he coats the material with a layer of flat black. From there on, he can use the ridges of the surface to guide him around the artwork. The results are beautifully vibrant, abstract paintings that demand to be experienced through sight and touch.