Chuck Close's Life

What was Chuck Close’s inside story really about? In this essay I will be explaining Chuck’s life as well as his passion which is art: Portraits/Photo Realism all in one. It wasn’t so easy for him in school or art. He had disabilities such as Dyslexia and face blindness. Also he had formed a blood clot near his spine which caused him to be paralyzed from the neck down. He did end up getting some strength back in his arms a while after.

Chuck was born on July 5, 1940. His dad died when he was eleven years old. That must have been tough over the fact that a little boy at that time suffered from dyslexia. In his later years he discovered a blood clot near his spine area and soon after that face blindness started to occur. The teachers that taught him always thought that he didn’t care or that he wasn’t paying attention to them. Back then they didn’t have a clue what was going on with him because they had no machines or materials to find out. The one thing that Close loved doing and loved spending most of his time on was art.
His technique was revolved around the grid method. He would draw to create photo realism/realism. He wanted the drawings to really pop out the real life looking portraits he used a lot of nice shading and value. One reason of many that he made large pictures is because he was blind. After meeting someone he wouldn’t remember them so painting pictures of their faces helped him. He had to overcome the obstacle of that and a seizure which was later found out to be a blood clot in his spine. He was paralyzed from the neck down but soon started physical therapy to regain function. Lucky for him he got some movement back in his arms. Since the amount of movement was so little, he had to tape on the paintbrush to his right hand and use his left hand for