{"id":45934,"date":"2019-11-29T11:43:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T11:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=45934"},"modified":"2020-10-30T13:26:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T13:26:57","slug":"how-does-the-autistic-artist-convey-positive-attitude-through-his-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/how-does-the-autistic-artist-convey-positive-attitude-through-his-painting","title":{"rendered":"Celebrated artist brought his hyper-real artwork into Cardiff Christmas Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong> A self-taught autistic artist finally finds his way to success and conveys the positive spirits through his <\/strong>artwork<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20191129111357-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45938\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20191129111357-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45938\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The artist&#8217;s father is helping him manage his stall on Christmas Market. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A famous pencil artist from Splott has brought his hyper-real portraitures into the Christmas Market in central Cardiff during recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Baker, a 24-year-old autistic artist, uses pencils to draw people from movies and TV shows as well as people who inspire him. He started to show his special talent when he drew his first realistic portrait of Will Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cThese people inspired him to get better at what he does because they were the best,\u201d said his father, Stewart Baker. \u201cEspecially Michel Jackson, his personal charm and music style has a great influence on Chris. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20191129111406-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45942\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20191129111406-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45942\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Chris with his incredible painting of Michel Jackson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cIt took Chris 160 hours to finish the portraiture for Michel Jackson and he finally got the opportunity to meet Jackson&#8217;s brothers and shared his painting with them.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe says \u2018we are his favorite group\u2019, \u201d said Jackson\u2019s on stage in Cardiff. \u201cAfter I saw his drawing today, he is my favorite artist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Chris has already created personal drawings for many of the world\u2019s top players and has been showcased on ITV News. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLast year Chris was nominated for The Positive\nRole Model Award at The Welsh Diversity Awards as an inspirational person and\nhe made the last round.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cEvery negative has a positive,\u201d said Chris. \u201cWe never see autism as a negative, but lots of other people do. So we want to show people just because you have autism or something like this, it doesn\u2019t mean that you can\u2019t be successful.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20191129111402-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45945\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20191129111402-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45945\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Positive vs Negative<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChris drew these paintings in negative, but if\nyou use the digital device to access the hidden image, it changes to the\npositive one and that is the message of \u201cEvery negative has a positive.\u201d\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 2018 he was invited by The National Autistic\nSociety and his drawings are on display in the charity.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20191129111328-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45947\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20191129111328-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45947\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Chris is offering help to support The Autism Directory. 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