"I have the most wonderful job in the world, which is painting every morning,"
"To mix colors. To have joy to share with the world, that's really my passion."
"It's something that I miss in my life, that if somebody says, 'Look at this flower,' which is bright, bright pink, I want to do it,"
"It's something that comes from my heart so passionately. I can feel the vibration of color."
Fernando Dávila is a colorblind artist who initially painted only in black and white after failing a drawing class at age eight for painting donkeys red. A congenital condition made reds, greens and several other hues hard to distinguish. Since the mid-1980s, specially designed glasses with one red-shaded lens and one transparent lens have allowed him to discern many previously confusing shades, increasing his color perception from about 40% to nearly two-thirds. Dávila now paints vibrantly, exhibits internationally, and expresses deep emotional longing and joy for experiencing and sharing color.
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