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Stephen wiltshire
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Stephen was born in London, United Kingdom to West Indian parents on 24th April, 1974.
As a child he was mute , and did not relate to other people. Aged three, he was diagnosed as autistic. He had no language and lived entirely in his own world.
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At the age of five , Stephen was sent to Queensmill School in London, where it was noticed that the only pastime he enjoyed was drawing . It soon became apparent he communicated with the world through the language of drawing; first animals, then London buses , and finally buildings.
The instructors at Queensmill School encouraged him to speak by temporarily taking away his art supplies so that he would be forced to ask for them . Stephen responded by making sounds and eventually uttered his first word - " paper ." He learned to speak fully at the age of nine . His early illustrations depicted animals and cars; he is still extremely interested in american cars and is said to have an encyclopedic knowledge of them. When he was about seven, Stephen became fascinated with sketching landmark London buildings.
A drawing Stephen did of St. Paul’s Cathedral when he was 9.
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One of Stephen's teachers took a particular interest in him, who later accompanied his young student on drawing excursions and entered his work in children's art competitions, many of which garnered Stephen awards. The local press became increasingly suspicious as to how a young child could produce such masterful drawings.
The media interest soon turned nationwide and the 7 year old Stephen Wiltshire made his first steps to launch his lifelong career . The same year he sold his first work and by the time he turned 8, he received his first commission from the British Prime Minister to create a drawing of Salisbury Cathedral.
In February 1987 Stephen appeared in The Foolish Wise Ones . (The show also featured savants with musical and mathematical talents.) During his segment Hugh Casson, a former president of London's Royal Academy of Arts , referred to him as "possibly the best child artist in Britain."
Casson introduced Stephen to Margaret Hewson, a literary agent who helped Stephen field incoming book deals and soon became a trusted mentor. She helped Stephen publish his first book,Drawings(1987), a volume of his early sketches that featured a preface by Casson. Hewson, known for her careful stewardship of her clients' financial interests, made sure a trust was established in Stephen's name so that his fees and royalties were used wisely.
The foolish wise ones- telling the story of three severely mentally handicapped people.
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My most valuable possession is ...my talent . I think I am very talented and I am good at what I do.
My most valuable possession is ...my talent. I think I am very talented and I am good at what I do.
My life in seven words ... Keep doing what I do best, drawing.
The process of drawing -he
makes a quick sketch from the air in my sketch pad
He goes back to the hotel , and then he has the night to memorise what he has sketched and prepared.
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In 2001 he appeared in another BBC documentary , Fragments of Genius , for which he was filmed flying over London aboard a helicopter and subsequently completing a detailed and perfectly scaled aerial illustration of a four -square-mile area within three hours ; his drawing included 12 historic landmarks and 200 other structures .
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Stephen took on his largest project to date in May 2005, when he returned to Tokyo to make a panoramic drawing - the largest of his career (10.0m) - of the city. Two months later he drew a similarly detailed picture of Rome including the Vatican and St. Peter's Cathedral, entirely from memory .
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Contrary to the popular misconception that Stephen is only interested in capturing architecture and classic american cars, he often draws portraits of celebrities and close friends in his private sketchbook. Stephen started creating caricatures of his teachers at primary school, and has since then produced many caricature 'snap shots ' documenting amusing incidents encountered on his trips abroad as well.
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In January 2006 it was announced that Stephen was being named by Queen Elizabeth II as a Member of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his services to the art world. "It's an absolute honour ," his sister , Annette, told Geoffrey Wansell for the London Daily Mail (January 3, 2006). "It brought tears to my Mum's eyes and to mine, because we've all worked so hard for Stephen."
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Second book- cities and third book- american dream


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Later that year, with the encouragement of Annette and her husband , Zoltan, Stephen Wiltshire founded his own permanent art gallery in London's Royal Opera Arcade, London's oldest shopping arcade.
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His own official site- BUY his painting buy some gifts like mugs and posters , calendar, also he posts where he is going next and u can send him message there too
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Stephen was still a teenager when he first designed his own penthouse in New York .
Stephen has driven a racing car before . He drove a sport coupe on Brands Hatch and broke the clutch several times . The film crew in the car had never been more terrified
Stephen's first words were paper and pencil (just like Picasso) and he fully learnt to speak at the age of nine. Stephen owns more than 70 classic American cars including his favourites a 1969 Cadillac Sedan De Ville , a 1974 Dodge Monaco Police car and the Blues Brothers mobile . He has been collecting his model cars since 2002.
The shortest time Stephen finished a drawing was two minutes, a quick sketch of a bus, also Statue of Liberty .
Stephen's motto is "Do the best you can and never stop".