My Painting of the Bridgeways Building and the Dementia impact.

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When starting my painting, I was confident that I could paint as good as I painted before Dementia. I soon found out I was wrong!



My first painting effort of Bridgeways was just not good enough and I decided to start again.





My second painting effort, like number one above, was not good enough and I was beginning to think that my Dementia was the reason but I was determined to get it right.









My third painting effort was again not good enough which helped me confirm that the Dementia factor was the reason. 




 








After considerable determination, the fourth attempt I accepted to be good enough and as a result I was relieved to think I could still paint to a reasonable standard. 



- David


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