Shouting in the Dark Submitted by Libby Kingsbury

This is one of our books called Shouting in the Dark.

Description:

John Bramblitt makes his living as an artist. His works have been sold in
over twenty different countries. He’s received three Presidential Service
awards for the art workshops he teaches. He’s painted portraits of
skateboarder Tony Hawk, Dutch model Reni de Boer, and blues legend Pops
Carter. He’s given talks about his art at the Met in New York. There has
even been a documentary made about him. And . . . he’s blind.

When Bramblitt was declared legally blind ten years ago, his hopes of
becoming a creative writing teacher were shattered and he sunk into a
depression.  And then he discovered painting.  Bramblitt is able to
distinguish between different colored paints by the textures of the paints
themselves—he could see them with his fingers. He taught himself how to
paint using raised lines to help him find his way around the canvas. This is
the story of his life and his journey and how he finds his way back to
himself and others through art.

Bramlitt is also the subject of the award-winning documentary short
“Bramblitt.” http://www.bramblitt.net/documentary.htm (about 13 minutes)
* Bramlitt has given art workshops to kids and adults at schools, museums,
bookstores and art festivals.
* Check out his art at: http://bramblitt.net/.