Chuck Braid

 

 

 

Art No. 2, 1994. Acrylic Paints 24" x 30"   According to the website www.deafart.org Chuck Braid was in 1948 deaf in Kansas. He attended the School for the Deaf in Kansas. He was educated in art from Grace Bilger, a famous watercolorist. He earned a BFA from Gallaudet University . His first exhibition was at the World Federation of Deaf Conference in Washington DC in 1975. He now lives in Phoenix Arizona with his wife Claudia and their pets. "The Deaf theme in my work relates to my own experiences as a deaf human being: my genre is De'Via"                                                    - Chuck Braid