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Jessica Park (Jul 20, 1958-present) is a nationally recognized, largely self-taught artist with autism. She is known for a realistically detailed, yet brightly saturated style of acrylic painting, with an almost pop art quality. She is also known through the writings of her mother, Clara Claiborne Park, who has documented much of Jessica’s life in books as a form of autism advocacy.

Biography
Jessica Park was born in 1958 and grew up in Williamstown, Massachusetts. At two years old, Jessica first began to show an interest in art after observing her mother painting beside her. This interest was encouraged by friends and family, especially her mother Clara, who provided her with art supplies and support. Clara Park published the book The Siege which told the story of Jessica's first eight years of life, and was one fo the first books to reject the idea that cold, detached parents were to blame for their child's autism.

During an art program at Mount Greylock Regional High School, she worked with a supportive teacher and painter, John Maziarz. This comprises her formal training as an artist.

Artwork
Jessica Park's art applies rainbow-colored palettes to precisely detailed acrylic paintings. Her heightened color sensitivity allows her to perceive subtle differences in shade. To obtain her highly accurate renders, she first sketches on site, then supplements with sharp, close-up photographs. Existing backgrounds are substituted for fantastical night skies or bright color. She incorporates many of her passions, what she calls "enthusiasms," as themes into her art.

Earlier work often depicted gadgets such as radio dials, clocks, quartz space heaters, and electric blanket controls. Park became best known, however, for her paintings of bridges, houses, churches, and other buildings. These frequently include elements from astronomy, Victorian architecture, urban skylines, and more. There is often focus on particular architectural features, such as rooftops, overhanging eves, and cornices. Even more recently, Park has begun a greater level of fantasy into her work. A real location, such as Times Square, might be painted alongside imaginary towers. Or an entirely new scene could be constructed of representational elements, though each still drawn with her usual accuracy.

Park's artwork is recongized as an expression of her inner world as an autistic person as well as a way of expressing emotions which she might otherwise struggle to. It is considered a prominant example of turning autism into a strength, rather than simply a disability. Her work has been exhibited widely, from as early as 1993 to as recently as 2014.

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"Painting the world with a rainbow" also has a good number of artworks WITH specific titles and dates.

Park was the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in 2003. In 2008 she shared a Pure Vision Arts Pure Visionary Award with her mother, the late Clara Claiborne Park, an author who has documented Jessica’s life in books.

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