[dbaust] Legally blind artist, 97, paints in pixels

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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 15:58:17 +1100
Legally blind artist, 97, paints in pixels

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Legally blind artist, 97, paints in pixels

Using nothing more than Microsoft Paint, artist Hal Lasko stays in tune with
his favorite passion. Don't miss this video showing his inspirational story.

Christopher MacManus 

by Christopher MacManus 
  | July 23, 2013 2:08 PM PDT   

More+ 
  
When asked if he thinks about his paintings a lot, Hal Lasko responded,
"That's all I do."
 (Credit: Video screenshot by Leslie Katz/CNET)  
Artists might see the world differently, but these days, 97-year-old Hal
Lasko has trouble seeing much of anything. That doesn't stop him, however,
from making beautiful pixel art with Microsoft Paint.

Lasko, considered legally blind, has a condition known as wet macular
degeneration, which causes loss of central vision. In theory, this sort of
vision impairment would sound like something that could hinder an artist
from creating illustrations, but it doesn't stop Lasko.
 
  
"The Thriller" by Hal Lasko.
 (Credit: Hal Lasko)  
  
"Woods in Avon" by Hal Lasko.
 (Credit: Hal Lasko)  
Lasko's story is a spectacular blast from the past from the times of old
media. Born in 1915, he served in World War II as an architect for bombing
raids, then worked as a graphic designer in Cleveland. He moved on to do
typography (e.g. Lasko script) and design for organizations such Goodyear,
General Tire, and The Cleveland Browns as a part of American Greetings until
the 1970s. 

Decades after Lasko retired, his urge to create art was still with him. His
grandson, Ryan Lasko, showed the designer Microsoft Paint in the late 1990s.
"Grandpa was hooked. His work blossomed and he painted on the computer all
the time. No one knew how important this program would become to Grandpa
until he lost some of his vision in 2005," Ryan says on the Web site
Hallasko.com. Lasko would also eventually become legally deaf.


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