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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2017
Beyond the Limits Life’s “New Normal” Isn’t Keeping the Artist From His Work
By June Mathews
Journal photo by Jordan Wald
Life isn’t what it used to be for Paul Ware. ¶ Before having a brain hemorrhage in October 2014, Ware was a busy mergers and acquisitions attorney at Bradley, a nationwide law firm based in Birmingham. “It happened completely out of the blue one day as I was driving to work,” he said. “It was pretty close to fatal, and I spent several weeks in the hospital and another six weeks in inpatient rehab. Since then I’ve done about a year and a half of intensive outpatient rehab.” The neurological event affected the motor functions on Ware’s left side, leaving him with
Paul Ware, along with many other notable artists, will be exhibiting in the Riverchase Loves Artists show, Feb. 4 at the Riverchase Country Club.
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