richard wawro

i am not naturally gifted with the ability to create visual art, and have never put in time to learn. but that just makes me appreciate those who can all the more.

and i appreciate few artists more than this man, http://www.wawro.net/biography.html
he is an idiot savant who creates stunning works of art using only crayons :hrm: :whyme: :bravo: :bravo: :bravo:

"He uses no models for his drawings, but draws from images seen only once, on television or in a book at one of the bookshops he loves to visit. He has perfect recall but often adds his own touches, interpretations or improvisation to the images. He seems especially fascinated, and facile, with light-its sources and its dispersion-and the tones he uses to capture lights and shadows are masterful. "

his gallery can be found http://www.wawro.net/gallery_home.html

just had to share it. i know some will appreciate his pieces..

I think it's crap. No offence. Just not my style of paintings. :)

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Originally posted by Neruo
I think it's crap. No offence. Just not my style of paintings. :)

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*laughs* if they were paintings i wouldn't be very impressed either...that's usually not the type of images i find interesting.

but he uses fuckin CRAYONS!!

the ones that blow my mind the most are in the second and third gallery, where he catches combinations of light and water incredibly.

http://www.wawro.net/source/59.html
http://www.wawro.net/source/8.html
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Ok I guess you are right asher, those things that dudesup posted looked great... that 1st one allmost 3d... really impressive. :)

Still, why use crayons?! :D

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Still, why use crayons?! :D

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They taste better.

<---- (the big 1,000 posts...woohoo.)

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They taste better.

<---- (the big 1,000 posts...woohoo.)

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W00t! Congrats!

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/4016/sdfsdf8lb.jpg

But really, Glue tastes better... he could like glue rocks to a piece of canvas or something :)

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W00t! Congrats!

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/4016/sdfsdf8lb.jpg

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Now that I've made it to a 1,000 posts, my life is now complete. Consider this my final post...I'm off to shoot myself. Cheers! :)~

James, you're a riot! Love ya, man! Congrats on the 1000 - I'm only over 250... :(

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James, you're a riot! Love ya, man! Congrats on the 1000 - I'm only over 250... *:(

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Thank you beautiful!

I was actually trying to coordinate it, so that my 1,000th post fell on my 1 year anniversary (Feb. 18th). Oh well, that's what I get for being a post whore. ;)~

Which set of crayons does he use? The 64 pack?

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Ok I guess you are right asher, those things that dudesup posted looked great... that 1st one allmost 3d... really impressive. *:)

Still, why use crayons?! :D

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hes autistic (y'know, "rainman" style). as in he used to walk around in circles for great lengths of time, or hit the same piano key thousands of times in a row.

in kindergarten his teacher noticed his unusual talent, and that's the only medium he's used since...basically his obsessive tendencies were channeled into drawing with crayons.

he draws all his pictures from memory as well, even after only seeing them once on tv, or in a book. which makes it doubly impressive...

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hes autistic (y'know, "rainman" style). as in he used to walk around in circles for great lengths of time, or hit the same piano key thousands of times in a row.

in kindergarten his teacher noticed his unusual talent, and that's the only medium he's used since...basically his obsessive tendencies were channeled into drawing with crayons.

he draws all his pictures from memory as well, even after only seeing them once on tv, or in a book. which makes it doubly impressive...

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Ah, often autistic people are genious people. Becouse their brain is a bit weird, some things are differnt so they kick ass in them. Like the autistic people that can name prime-numbers without a computer. Or like artists. Or autistic people that can break incredably hard codes.

Crayons? That is crayon? That is absolutely amazing. How did you find that website?

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Crayons? That is crayon? That is absolutely amazing. How did you find that website?

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i was investigating the possibility that idiot savants can utilize information that they have never been existentially exposed to. the possibility that information exists in a sort of akashic ether accessible to the unfiltered.

some savants possess extraordinary skills, which are found in the fields of numerical calculation, music, and art.

i was (and still am) curious as to whether these 'fields' of knowledge are 'floating in the air' so to speak. and idiot savants are just particularly open to particular subset of a particular field/frequency.


never found anything conclusive either way, but came across interesting people like richard wawro.

Not my personal style but I definitely see what you mean about the water and light. That's pretty amazing for crayons.