'Your journey is going to be different and we have to figure this out, and so it was always that mindset of, you know, still expect excellence, but we gotta figure out how to get there.'
But Blair was taught never to allow his circumstances to deter his trajectory in life. His mother and grandmother encouraged him to find his own way to do things as a child growing up in Dallas.
Blair's creativity led him to an unlikely career path for someone with a disability as unique as his: becoming an artist. He taught himself how to write with a pencil and how to handle crayons with his wrists. Later, he learned how to block lights and shadows, and how to use vivid details of light in his portraits.
As a child, his mother enrolled him in a summer art program in Dallas where he met one of his mentors, Emmanuel Gillespie.Crayons turned into acrylics, and those turned to oil. His dedication led to his first public exhibit at the Pencil on Paper Gallery in Dallas.Blair's collection is titled "In the Garden," and features Black women as Eve in the famous Bible story of Adam and Eve.
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