{"id":86,"date":"2020-12-19T16:57:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T23:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2023-04-06T08:45:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T14:45:03","slug":"brain-damage-drawings-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/?page_id=86","title":{"rendered":"Brain Damage Drawings Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite years of trying to draw, at best my work looked like cartoons. Then, in 2008, I experienced a head injury and brain damage. After the injury I discovered I could draw realistically! Now I produce portraits of animals in graphite, charcoal, oil and chalk pastels.  I also create custom drawings of homes for both homeowners and realtors to give as gifts when a property sells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color has-larger-font-size\"><strong>Pookie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"690\" height=\"862\" src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pookie-Wayne-Rust.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70\" srcset=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pookie-Wayne-Rust.jpg 690w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pookie-Wayne-Rust-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption>Pookie, a dog whose portrait I was commissioned in December 2020. 8&#8243;x10&#8243;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-larger-font-size\">Nina<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Nina-Whitney-Davidson-1024x736.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Nina-Whitney-Davidson-1024x736.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-small-font-size\">Nina, a domestic shorthair cat who was rescued with her three kittens in 2008.  Loved by my childhood best friend, 5&#8243;x7&#8243; December 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-larger-font-size\">Rawhide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KimRawhide-1024x789.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is KimRawhide-1024x789.jpg\" width=\"843\" height=\"649\"\/><figcaption>A Quarter Horse\/Mustang cross who was at Bit of Honey Training to learn to be a riding horse, 11&#215;14&#8243;, December 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-larger-font-size\">Steeplechase<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Kim-Steeplechase-Front-Unframed-675x1024.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Kim-Steeplechase-Front-Unframed-675x1024.jpg\"\/><figcaption>This was drawn from a steeplechase photograph, 24&#8243;x36&#8243; November 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-larger-font-size\">Fergie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Fergie-Finished-760x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92\" srcset=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Fergie-Finished-760x1024.jpg 760w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Fergie-Finished-223x300.jpg 223w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Fergie-Finished-768x1035.jpg 768w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Fergie-Finished.jpg 1039w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption>True Brit &#8220;Fergie&#8221;, a Thoroughbred\/Clydesdale cross who lived at Bit of Honey Training for many years.  8&#215;10&#8243;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-larger-font-size\">Elle and Foal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"777\" src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elle-and-Baby-1024x777.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93\" srcset=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elle-and-Baby-1024x777.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elle-and-Baby-300x228.jpg 300w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elle-and-Baby-768x583.jpg 768w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elle-and-Baby-1536x1166.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Elle-and-Baby.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>This is a warmblood mare, Elle, with her first foal born in August 2020.  18&#215;24&#8243;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-larger-font-size\">Sam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"862\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KimSamFreeJump-862x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94\" srcset=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KimSamFreeJump-862x1024.jpg 862w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KimSamFreeJump-253x300.jpg 253w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KimSamFreeJump-768x912.jpg 768w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KimSamFreeJump.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><figcaption>Sam is an Off Track Thoroughbred, owned and loved by one of the riders at Bit of Honey Training .  8&#215;10&#8243;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-larger-font-size\">Rain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"856\" src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Kim-Rain-Finished-1024x856.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95\" srcset=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Kim-Rain-Finished-1024x856.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Kim-Rain-Finished-300x251.jpg 300w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Kim-Rain-Finished-768x642.jpg 768w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Kim-Rain-Finished.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>War Drum Dixie Chick &#8220;Rain&#8221; was a paint mare owned and loved by a client at Bit of Honey Training, 8&#215;10&#8243;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-larger-font-size\">Miles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"708\" src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KimMilesEye-1024x708.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KimMilesEye-1024x708.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KimMilesEye-300x207.jpg 300w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KimMilesEye-768x531.jpg 768w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/KimMilesEye.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Miles was a tricolored  and three legged border collie who helped train horses at Bit of Honey until he passed away  in 2019.  6&#215;9&#8243;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-larger-font-size\">Border Collie Collage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"425\" src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Border-Collie-Collage-Framed-1024x425.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97\" srcset=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Border-Collie-Collage-Framed-1024x425.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Border-Collie-Collage-Framed-300x125.jpg 300w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Border-Collie-Collage-Framed-768x319.jpg 768w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Border-Collie-Collage-Framed-1536x638.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Border-Collie-Collage-Framed.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>These dogs are the border collies I&#8217;ve had helping me train horses through the past 15 years.  Each image is 5&#215;6&#8243;, and left to right they are Belle, Forrest, Miles, Pascal, and Rizzo (the honorary border collie who doesn&#8217;t have border collie in her genetics but still does the work of a border collie).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" src=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_E5267-1024x786.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-358\" srcset=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_E5267-1024x786.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_E5267-300x230.jpg 300w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_E5267-768x589.jpg 768w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_E5267-1536x1179.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_E5267-2048x1572.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To see more pieces and current work in progress please see the <a href=\"http:\/\/braindamagedrawings.com\/?page_id=39\">blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite years of trying to draw, at best my work looked like cartoons. 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