00:01In a small shed on the outskirts of Albany, Colin Hansen is unlocking his dormant talent.
00:09How does this palette look? This is more earthy-toned. You love it, don't you?
00:14Under the guidance of his art therapist, the 31-year-old has recently discovered the power of paint to communicate.
00:23Beautiful. Art is pre-verbal. You know, drawing, music, dance is all.
00:29Before words, so a lot of people can connect without the words as well.
00:35His work is being showcased as part of the Great Southern Art and Craft Trail in recognition of his emerging
00:43talent.
00:44Wow, that colour on the purple is just singing, isn't it?
00:47Colin Hansen's achievements defying his shaky start in life.
00:52We went and saw a neurosurgeon who told us to love Colin while we've got him because he wasn't going
00:56to make it to his first birthday.
00:5831 years later, he's still with us, beating the odds left, right and centre.
01:03Still making us all go, what?
01:06Not restricting himself to canvas, he also uses his wheelchair to paint patterns, which has caught the eye of our
01:14trail visitors.
01:15Nice.
01:16Colin's early life in Africa reflected in the colours and textures drawn from his memories as a child.
01:24There's a felt sense of lived experience in Africa with the landscape.
01:29Engaging with vast expanses of landscape is a lived experience and it comes through in the painting.
01:37Shall we wipe those up?
01:38Finding his voice through art.
01:46Foot Lit to the comments.
01:46Wouldn't we leave him as a thief?
01:46Deniseijke
01:46Tracy
01:46Screenший
01:47Professor
