Clouded In Secrecy - Artist with Autism

From the moment she entered the room all eyes were on her. No one knew who she was but they all whispered and stared. She smoked to calm her nerves but her presence was clouded in secrecy.

Rose did this drawing using ink, colored pencil and pastels. You can find reproductions for sale in my Etsy shop.

I am a member of the Etsy Twitter team and one my fellow members, Lois Stifel of FoxyGKnits wrote an article about Rose and I for Autism Awareness Month. I hope you'll stop by and take a look.

Have a great day everybody, thanks for stopping by.

Look, Someone's Smoking

Look, Someone's Smoking - (c)Rose Refour - Mixed Media - 2009

I'm not sure how the obsession started but Rose has been obsessed with smoking since she was a little girl. Our maternal grandfather was a smoker and whenever we visited our grandparents she would grab his lit cigarette from the ashtray, run with it and try to take a puff. Although she is mostly nonverbal, whenever she sees someone smoking she will point and say "Look, Someone's Smoking". I don't allow smoking in our house but it sure hasn't slowed her obsession. This was done using acrylics, colored pencil, ink and paper on a canvas panel.

You can find this painting for sale in my Etsy shop. Have a great day everybody, thanks for stopping by.