During our second to last week in San Pedro, Becca and I had the pleasure of meeting a local San Pedro man by the name of Kirt Cruz. Kirt is a painter and paints beautiful paintings using mostly acrylic paints on canvas. He sells these paintings at his studio off of Middle Street in San Pedro Town. Becca and I decided to make a documentary about the arts in the community and schools of Belize and Kirt was nice enough to let us interview him on the topic. Kirt explained that he has been painting for about 22 years and he was greatly influenced by his family especially his father, who was an award winning painter. Kirt grew up with a great teacher who always told him to use his imagination when creating his work. Kirt Painted for 16 years with his right hand and made many beautiful works of arts. He explained that he made replicas of many of his paintings. 4 years ago Kirt's life was drastically changed. He was stabbed in the spine and doctors told him that he would never walk again. Kirt never gave up and even though the doctors said he would never walk again he proved them wrong. Kirt still paints today but with his left hand. just think about this for a minute, just trying write your name with your left hand can be super difficult let alone paint a beautiful picture. Kirts advise to others is to never give up and never let anyone tell you what you are and are not capable of. Once the documentary is finished I will be sure to post it on here for you all to see.
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