Michael Tolleson Robles, Savant Artist, visited Huntington, West Virginia and painted several paintings in conjunction with the 2017 Ruth Sullivan Rally for Autism. This interview was conducted during a fundraising dinner, sponsored by the Touma Foundation, Inc., which allowed Michael to explain his journey with art and autism. Funds raised from this dinner benefited the Autism Society of the River Cities, the Autism Service Center, and the WV Autism Training Center at Marshall University, and will go, in part, towards promoting art activities for local individuals on the autism spectrum.
Michael Tolleson Robles paints a gorgeous wedding backdrop live during "Love and Autism" conference in San Diego, CA on Sept. 26, 2015. The entire birch trees in moonlight painting that is on a 60 x 72 inch canvas was painted in just an incredible 35 minutes. The painting served as the backdrop to the wedding of Anita Lesko and Abraham Nielsen during the first all autism wedding. Michael Tolleson Robles, the artist, is an autistic savant and has created about 3500 paintings in his short fourteen year career of being an artist.
Airdate: Thursday, April 29, 2016. World renown artist Michael Tolleson paints a masterpiece from start to finish on First Look at Four. Follow along as Brittany Hoke and Hattie Cheek checked in with him throughout the hour.
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