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VINCENT
Billy Miller ART For Life
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Billy
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Captain Billy
This artwork was created by Billy
at about the same time as his
sheriff artwork. From childhood,
Billy was enamoured with medals
and uniforms.
Landscape by Billy
It was rare for Billy to do a landscape,
making this one special. If his motif
wasn't people or fantasy projections of
himself, it would often be boats,
trucks, tanks or planes and in reality,
these were projections of himself as
well. Billy lived inside his fantasies. In
his fantasy world, he was in control
and in charge; he was the truck driver,
the airplane pilot, the sheriff, and he
was always the captain of his own
ship.
Sheriff Billy
Billy was always seeing himself as a
sheriff or a policeman. This picture
was a first place winner at the St.
Lucie County Fair 2 years ago
A tribute to Billy
While visiting with Billy last spring, Billy shared with me a
pencil drawing he did of his mother in heaven with the angels.
I will never forget that drawing. Billy was a very troubled child,
but like Vincent Van Gogh, he loved art and by creating art,
he was able to sometimes calm his inner turmoil. We must
always listen when children talk and share thoughts about
their art, the question to us becomes, "will we hear"?
.....Sometimes children's art speaks without words. The
question is then, "will our eyes see"?