Artist fueled by inspiration adapts to continue creating ‘masterpieces’ after paralysis
Like the artwork he creates, Robert Bloom has a grandness about him that even a wheelchair couldn’t diminish.
At 69, he maneuvers the chair around a large wooden table inside an old garage in Ringwood. The chair keeps pace with the quick flow of his words as he eagerly shows off his latest work.
“This one knocks me out,” he says, puffing on a cigarette as he slides a sheet off a round piece of black antique glass decorated with at least 30 different shades of glass rock.
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