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Jim Hansel Hand-Signed Print
After the Season Limited Edition Hand-Signed Natural Wood-Framed Print by Jim Hansel in Excellent Collector's Condition. In this part of the country we are blessed with so many talented wildlife artists. Jim Hansel is not only talented, but he has had to overcome special challenges to paint so beautifully. The outside world that Jim Hansel sees is not the one we see. At an early age, Jim was diagnosed with an eye condition called Stargardts. The eye condition, which has stabilized, left Jim legally blind from an early age. Despite his disability, Jim has learned to overcome his visual limitations. Through the use of magnifiers and low vision aids, Jim brings his work into focus. Jim also relies on his camera to capture his ideas. Like many other artists, Jim uses photographs of his wildlife models to bring the landscape he sees back to his studio. At this point, Jim will enlarge the images if it is necessary, for him to see them more clearly. But snapping pictures is not the same as painting original oils. Amazingly, Hansel's brush strokes create detailed moments in nature that his eyes cannot clearly see. With the use of low vision aids, Jim's paintings are now in focus, but only a few square inches at a time. Hansel believes that due to his vision, he spends more time on a painting adding more detail than many other artists. 31 x 23. The identical hand-signed print from this limited edition series sells unframed for $450 at Gallery Direct. Fred's Price Framed: $175
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