Alex Hall is 18 years old. He lives with his father in Springfield, Oregon. He enjoys working, hanging out with buddies, and U of O football.

Alisa McLaughlin is a writer and artist living in Eugene. She was diagnosed with ASD later in life and is playing catch-up with her social skills.

Amber Pappas is an artist and photographer with Asperger’s Syndrome and Bipolar Disorder. Her style leans to vibrant nature and sky images.

Aram Wassermiller is 20 years old and lives in Eugene, Oregon. He loves to cook and enjoys music, roller skating, art, and walks on the beach.

Art has been a part of my life since I was very young. Being part of a family that is very artistically inclined, art became a passion for me as I grew older.

Barbara Moran lives in Topeka, Kansas. She is fascinated with steam engines (she calls them ‘choo choo’s) and is a fan of “Thomas the Tank Engine.”

“I am 32 (2016), I have Aspergers, and I am an athlete with Special Olympics, competing in swimming, golf, and snowshoeing.”

Caleb is a creative 13-year-old who enjoys video games, Yu-Gi-Oh!, animals, photography, and horses. These photos were taken in Fall Creek, Oregon, during 2014.

Even though Candy is non-verbal and unable to communicate through words she is able to express herself through her art and speak loudly.

Diagnosed with autism since 1995, I have been creating dramatic art photography since 2005. I am now a part of the KindTree Artist Guild Operations Team, and strive to bring the works of autistic artists to a greater audience

I started doing Art when I was about 8. In the past couple of years, I’ve done some of my best work ever. So don’t give up on your dreams.

Claire loves all animals, great and small. Claire has been drawing animals for years and enjoys drawing animals more than people.

I really love to draw. It makes me happy to show others my drawings.

Eric is an artist, a poet, and a spoken word performer, specializing in fractal software generated images.

I am an artist diagnosed as having PDD-NOS along with ADHD. I also have a disease which effects my retina resulting in degeneration and blindness called Retinitis Pigmentosa.

Henry Lancaster is a 19 year old (2016) aspiring artist from Cottage Grove. Henry’s mission as an artist is “to learn to refine my art. I’m just starting as an artist, to learn about all art forms.”

While his expressive speech is poor, just give him a pen and it unlocks the door.

Jane Strauss is a mom, a photographer, a writer, an attorney-in-remission, and an Asperger woman.

Christian Esquivel is a talented young artist, composer and storyteller.  He also enjoys cooking, learning languages and studying piano.

The characters come from my mind, and they live in the Gworf world which I created.

Josh Zondowicz says, “Drawing makes me feel good.”

I can’t imagine not being able to paint. To dance a brush across a canvas. To swirl color into shapes and patterns.

Kevin started painting when he was only nine years old and has produced hundreds of beautiful, colorful paintings.

Kimberly is an author, artist and a 50 year old person with autism.

Hi, my name is Kwang. I am from South Korea.

Larry Hurst III is a self-taught artist who has great difficulty with verbal communication, with reading and writing and whose skill in mathematics is limited to adding the most basic numbers.

Creating art is such a big part of Leah’s life and something she continues to enjoy. She takes great pride in expressing herself through her drawings.

She spends most of her time reading, writing, drawing, watching cartoons, hanging out with her family, playing with her 6 cats…

She is an internationally known autistic artist who considers Yelm, Washington her home. She also learned to fly planes even though she won’t drive a car.

An artist since childhood, Mary-Minn brings her special, joyous perspective to watercolor, feeling, hearing, tasting the colors – and a new infatuation with photography..

Max is a young man with energy and dreams. Electronic Dance Music promotion and art are his passions today. Rock on, Max.

She is a very prolific artist. As she says, “I have a cast of thousands!”

Mercedes “Sadie” McBride was diagnosed at age 16. She attends Idaho State University and in her spare time she reads, writes, and daydreams.

Michael Toftum has been drawn to drawing since he was three, working with anything he could get his hands on: sticks, dirt, string…

Michael draws scenes from the Lane County Fair, usually on both sides of the paper. He is also a guest at KindTree’s Autism Family Camp.

In 2009 she adopted a pit bull (named Kiddo) from the pound who helped her overcome challenges in her life. Kiddo gave her the confidence to overcome her fear of driving on roads with high speed limits.

Nick Gerlach likes to photograph nature, especially when he travels. Someday he hopes to travel the world.

I’m an Artist, Photographer, Author, Mother and I am Autistic. My art and photography is collected around the world and my short stories and poetry have been published many times in several languages.

Perry Creates his art at the OSLP Arts & Culture program. He is excited to be in the Autism Artism 2013 show.

Rachel has been a KindTree- Autism Rocks camper and talent show star for many years. These are her first entries in our Art Program.

I’ve come a long way from the 14 year old artist that was diagnosed with autism. I dreamed of capturing big insects in Nairobi, of giraffes I saw in Africa and Cats from the underworld.

Roberta expresses a life-time of epilepsy and autism through meticulous abstract drawing.

Ryo Mastrogiovanni is a painter/illustrator based in Eugene, Oregon, with a focus on jazz musicians.

My name is Sawyer Kavaney. I’m 10 years old. What do I draw? I draw weird stuff…

Sometimes, when I am angry or upset my art helps me to calm my emotions and I am able to release my feelings through a pencil or paintbrush onto paper.

I am Sophie Doleman, a 16-year-old high school student at Pleasant Hill High School in Oregon. Art brings me joy and relaxes me at the end of a long day; it is my passion.

To me, art is a highly anticipated form of expression based on the formative and creative imagination, expressing the inner feelings and thoughts of one individual. Stephen passed away in 2015.

Born in Shanghai, Yitong Chen studies at South Eugene High School. In the spring of 2013, he created dozens of paintings on the beach of Honolulu.