A student born with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is hoping to inspire others with his artwork.
Alex with two of his recent paintings. Shape Man, on the left, shows the different feelings trying to "push inside my head"
Alex, from East Yorkshire, was taken into care as a baby and experienced learning difficulties, depression and other mental health issues.“I felt I could talk to a piece of paper better than I could another person," he said.A mental health professional made a bid for the painting Split Emotions to display in their therapy room, but Alex declined saying the piece is too important to him
He said making the book, titled Raw Emotion, helped him “be understood” and “escape from being lost in my own feelings”.His artworks are characterised by hooded faces and dark colours. They represent the “boy inside my head” that has traumatised Alex through his childhood. He had never spoken about this before painting.His works are also on display in a Yorkshire gallery.Alex was adopted at the age of two by parents Penny and Wayne.
The couple, who also have eight biological children, say a lack of knowledge of FASD made accessing help for Alex difficult.They said once he received a late autism diagnosis at 15, new pathways of help were open.The couple also says that “art is the best therapy he has ever had” having previously tried both group and individual counselling.
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