Autistic student exhibits art

Gopaul’s teacher, Deborah Hutchinson, reported that he has been painting with her for over a year “and has progressed leaps and bounds”.

“His concentration and attention when creating art is quite intense, especially when he is painting,” she said.

She pointed out that Gopaul especially likes palette knife painting, which is a technique of applying paint to a surface with the blade of an artist’s knife.

Hutchinson said that as an art teacher she has had many interactions with differently-abled and gifted children from preschool to tertiary level.

“However, teaching children with autism has been by far most interesting and stimulating experience.

I have had the most rewarding and loving experiences given from these students.” She said that as an artist she has learned a lot from Gopaul and “his sense of colour and pattern are far more advanced than any student of his age”.

“His ability to see negative shapes when drawing is far better than my own.

I hope there are many more exhibitions such as this. And the art world creates a space for these gifted children and adults.

They works of these artists display honesty, passion and innocence.” The exhibition is being held at 42 De Verteuil Street, Woodbrook from today between 4 pm and 6 pm.

The exhibition ends on Wednesday.