Monthly Archives: January 2023
AutismInspiredArt Etsy Shop: Teaching Memory (2015)
I painted this image from a photograph of a frozen frame of an old 8mm family movie, converted to video tape. The transformations of media that portray this moment (from real life to 8mm movie film, to videotape, to a flickering TV screen, to a photograph and finally to watercolor), illustrated how memory can change […]
Tenth Year Anniversary on WordPress!
Today is the anniversary of the beginning of my blog, Davisbrotherlylove, on WordPress. I have posted at least once per day for the past 10 years, resulting in more than 5,200 posts. My goal of posting once a day has helped me to maintain the flow of creative juices, even when they slowed to a […]
Street Couches: Couch Atilt (2023)
Street Photography: Birds on a Wire – Hitting all the High Notes (2023)
AutismInspiredArt – Etsy: Kagamusha Shadow Warrior Watercolor Print (2017)
Kagamusha, Shadow Warrior is a film by Akira Kurosawa. I think of siblings of autistic individuals (like me) as shadow warriors. Typically, the autism family dynamic is centered on the autistic family member. It is difficult for everyone but the sibling carries a heavy burden. My Etsy Shop is called AutismInspiredArt, where Kagamusha is available […]
Street Couches: Stripes Atilt (2023)
AutismInspiredArt Etsy Shop – Mike Portrait (2017)
This portrait of my brother Mike contains an element of wishful thinking: a friendly greeting. Mike was low functioning, autistic and nonverbal. I assembled a group of my watercolors and listed prints of them on my Etsy Shop, AutismInspiredArt. The print below is available on that site. I began my blog (davisbrotherlylove.com) in 2013 to […]
Street Couches: A Place to Sit and Think (2023)
Abstract Portrait of Brother Michael (2017) from my AutismInspiredArt Etsy Shop
My Etsy Shop is called AutismInspiredArt. The first set of listings are prints of watercolor portraits of my brother Mike. The one below was painted in 2017 and contains some of the iconography I was playing with at the time. It was very difficult to communicate with my brother, who was autistic, low functioning and […]
