For most, stroke and brain surgery can be devastating but for Alan Brown it sparked a previously unseen talent... as an artist.
When Alan, 49, emerged from a gruelling 16-hour operation following his stroke, he found he had become a reborn 'Michelangelo' and was able to paint and draw with incredible detail.
Alan, from Malvern, Worcestershire, believes the surgery must have 'flicked a switch' in the creative part of his brain.
Until the stroke, Alan was unable to draw or paint, and the best he could manage was a simple 2D stickman.
The
father-of-three spent two months recovering in intensive care before he
was well enough to write and 'doodle' to pass the time and this is when
he discovered his bizarre new talent.
Alan, who is divorced, said: 'I was out of the danger zone but still in intensive care
and a nurse came up to me and said I looked bored and suggested I start
drawing.
'She gave me a pencil and some paper and photograph of her dog which I copied almost perfectly.
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