Kaleido Artists
Barrie GoodfellowBarrie was born with bilateral glaucoma, retinitis pigmentosa, acute myopia and a hearing defect. He grew up in Northumberland and enjoyed a successful Import and Export Shipping career that took him all around the world. In 1997 his sight diminished further. He had to take early retirement and was registered blind. It was at this point that he started painting with water colour and later moved to acrylic. Most of his paintings feature seascapes, fishing boats or some element of water that are always captured in his mind when out walking with his wife, Janet, and dog, Geordie, around the many beauty spots of Devon and Cornwall. Because of his blindness it is not possible for him to sit out and paint on location.His wife takes photographs with a digital camera for him. His paintings are from the heart and mainly of the South West especially Cornwall and are brightly coloured so they can be appreciated by visually impaired people.
Painting has improved Barrie's quality of life. He now wants to see every aspect on the horizon; the sunrise, the sunset, the colour of the sea and the type of fishing boat. He considers himself to be a lucky artist living in an area of outstanding natural beauty. His fascination with fishing boats goes right back to his days of working in the shipping profession when he used to watch the fishing boats coming in and out of North Shields. He used to find them very peaceful to watch and a far cry from the stress of the situations that he was often placed in.
If you are an art-based Organisation in the South West of England and you would like Barrie to visit you and give a talk or workshop please get in contact via email lowvisionart@googlemail.com
For more information please visit his website http://www.lowvisionart.org/
For an interview with Barrie on his Low Vision Art practice. Please see the video below directed by Shaun Gibbons and edited by Zolton Seres.
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