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Ali began creating art in\u00a02017 after being diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease \u2013 this was a fairly devastating diagnosis for someone\u00a0with a passion for the outdoors\u00a0and who spent much of her life in the pursuit of physical adventure.\u00a0Parkinson’s disease is\u00a0a brain disorder that most noticeably causes unintended or uncontrollable movements such as shaking, stiffness and difficulty with balance and coordination.\u00a0Parkinson\u2019s is progressive and there is currently no cure.\u00a0After diagnosis Ali was referred to a physiotherapist to help improve the dexterity and fine motor control in her hands. \u00a0Mindfulness Colouring was what was suggested however she was soon frustrated and bored so started doodling instead. The doodling led to drawing and the drawing led to painting and Ali soon realised she had discovered something far more important to her than just another form of physiotherapy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ali’s Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since she first picked up a pencil in 2017 Ali has used her artwork to raise over \u00a33000 for Parkinson\u2019s UK. In 2021 she was commissioned by Charles River Laboratories to paint a giant hare for Leuchie House as part of their Big Hare Trail that later sold at auction for just over \u00a35000.  That year she also had her first solo exhibition and since then has exhibited twice at the Oxo Gallery on London\u2019s South Bank. Much of Ali\u2019s artwork about Parkinson\u2019s is still currently on display in the Aviemore Room at Leuchie House after being placed there for their tenth year anniversary celebrations. In 2022 Ali was a long list finalist for the Scottish Portrait Fine Art Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ali began creating art in\u00a02017 after being diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease \u2013 this was a fairly devastating diagnosis for someone\u00a0with a passion for the outdoors\u00a0and who spent much of her life in the pursuit of physical adventure.\u00a0Parkinson’s disease is\u00a0a brain disorder that most noticeably causes unintended or uncontrollable movements such as shaking, stiffness and difficulty… Continue reading About<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aliblevinsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aliblevinsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aliblevinsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aliblevinsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aliblevinsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/aliblevinsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":833,"href":"https:\/\/aliblevinsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aliblevinsart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}