Deanna Morgan is an autistic artist who was a popular choice in the 2022 IHC art awards. The IHC art awards are sponsored by The Holdsworth Charitable Trust and aim to provide artists with an intellectual disability the opportunity to have their talent recognised, their voices heard and to sell their work.

Deanna’s art piece is called “Dreams of Dreaming”. She describes it as follows:

“The reason why I made the person on the bed grey is what I believed that when someone is so creative as me, I don’t show my colours to anyone that’s on the outside as I feel shy or embarrassed with others, but in the inside I am so colourful and full of sad and joy and lots of vibes. The painting also tells you no matter how you’re dreaming whether in the mornings, the evenings and night time, dreaming something that you just did is about the wonder and vision random but wonderful in the dream.”

At SpecialGifts we are excited to be able to share Deanna’s art work with the wider community by printing it on a high quality tote bag.