After spending only 20 minutes in a helicopter flying over New York City, Autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire sketches the skyline on a 18ft curved canvas. Plugged into his iPod and listening to classic hits from the 70’s and 90’s, the unbelievably intricate picture ( drawn to scale) shows details of buildings like the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building. Going through 12 ink pens, the entire piece takes him about a week to complete. The New York skyline isn’t the only massive drawing of cityscapes. Stephen has also completed drawings of Rome, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Madrid, Dubai, Jerusalem, Tokyo, and London. (Tokyo was done on a 53 foot canvas ) IN 2006, Stephen opened his own permanent gallery in the Royal Opera Arcade
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this is awesome… great talent!
Incredible. I am completely blown away.
I remember seeing him on a morning show…either the Today Show or The Early Show, but I was completely in awe at his unique gift.
I’d really like to get a glimpse of the 52 foot canvas of Tokyo. Savants always seem to amaze me.
This is a good summary, I was wondering if I could use this posting on my website, I will link it back to your website though. If this is a problem please let me know and I will take it down right away.
Go ahead and use the material. We love sharing what we do with other creative individuals. A link back to mafia would be great!