Dale Johnson owns the Watergate Gallery, which sells prisoner art.
DALE JOHNSON: “There’s a lot of sensitivity in this art. You can see what people are thinking.”
Brian Driggers was released from prison recently. He created a lot of art during his eight years in prison. Some of it is in the Crime and Punishment Museum in Washington. He used a pen or pastels in his art. Paint and brushes were not permitted in the prison because they could be used for body art.
Mr. Driggers spoke with VOA on Skype about what he used to create a picture of his wife.
BRIAN DRIGGERS: “I created the brush out of my own hair. I would cut a lock of my hair out, fold it up, tie it up with dental floss, and then use a pen. And then paint with instant coffee. You could mix it down with different levels of water to create different tones and use it as a watercolor medium.”
Mister Driggers also created a picture of himself using pastel sticks.
BRIAN DRIGGERS: “And the shapes are broken apart, and what that alludes to is my life had completely fallen apart, and the meaning behind that is me kind of coming back together.”
We have placed a link to the Prisons Foundation website on our website, VOASpecialEnglish.com.
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