In 1975, I herniated 3 discs in my lower back and ended up paralyzed from the waist down. After extensive surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, I spent the next three weeks in the hospital and was sent home to convalesce. For the next 5 months, I spent much of my time in a wheel chair, and in bed, though I did go to physical therapy 3 days a week during that period. I was bored out of my mind and Carol convinced me to try my hand at painting with acrylics. This resulted in 21 paintings during that 5 month period.

Here are two of them, which I photographed hanging on the wall of our family room. They are behind glass, so they were difficult to photograph, but for someone with absolutely no training, I think I did OK.

Gary