A vision impairment has not stopped Carolyn Fitzsimmons from making artistic inroads and her art has been selected to feature in the Vision Australia calendar.
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The Orange Art Society member is legally blind in her left eye, has limited vision in her right eye but can paint by getting close to the canvas.
“I don’t use an easel very often because it’s too far away,” she said.
Ms Fitzsimmon said she took up painting after being made redundant from her job, her vision impairment affected her prospects of getting a new job and she needed a creative outlet.
“I just paint because I need to,” she said.
She said she was told about the calendar competition by Vision Australia staff after going in to get help using a new phone and her artwork was one of 13 to be selected from 50 entries.
Ms Fitzsimmons artworks Twitter 1 and Twitter 2 are on exhibition at the Orange Art Society until July 8.
The calendar will be released in September and can be purchased at the Orange Vision Australia office in Prince Street or online at shop.visionaustralia.org.
Tanya Marschke
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
