Photos: Art expressions created by artists suffering from brain disorders

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Anne Adams 'Unraveling Boléro'Debbie Ayles 'Green Acres'Debbie Ayles 'Jesmond Barn'Katherine SherwoodKatherine Sherwood 'Aldrich Ames'Katherine Sherwood 'Test Sites'Katherine Sherwood 'Stopping and Seeing'Katherine Sherwood 'Pump, Drug, Computer'Katherine Sherwood 'Belly'Katherine Sherwood 'One in 100 Billion'Malte Urbschat 'Phosphenes and Scotomas'Lester PottsLester PottsLester PottsLester PottsLester PottsLester PottsLester PottsAlwa Glebe 'Head Thunder-Storm'Jennifer Hall 'Transcending'Jennifer Hall 'Transcending'Victor WightmanDane Bottino

Potts' son, Daniel C. Potts, says, "This is the painting we are most excited about of Dad's. It was painted when he had late-stage Alzheimer's and when he couldn't really put a sentence together."<br>
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From the images in the painting -- the saw, hat and boot -- the family feels it's clear this was an abstract representation of Lester Potts' father.<br>
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"Those images capture that man. We saw it and said, " 'Oh, my God, it's an abstract representation of his dad.' Yet if you asked him, he couldn't tell you."

Lester Potts

( Daniel C. Potts )

Potts' son, Daniel C. Potts, says, "This is the painting we are most excited about of Dad's. It was painted when he had late-stage Alzheimer's and when he couldn't really put a sentence together."

From the images in the painting -- the saw, hat and boot -- the family feels it's clear this was an abstract representation of Lester Potts' father.

"Those images capture that man. We saw it and said, " 'Oh, my God, it's an abstract representation of his dad.' Yet if you asked him, he couldn't tell you."

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