Brain surgery transforms salesman into fine painter

Life-saving brain surgery has turned a double-glazing salesman with no drawing skills into a talented artist.

Alan Brown, 49, could barely draw before a 16-hour operation to stem a brain bleed.



But after two months recovering in intensive care he tried doodling to pass the time. The moment his pencil touched the paper, Alan could precisely copy a picture of a dog.

Father-of-three Alan said: "It was amazing. Before my operation I couldn't even draw a stick man let alone paint on canvas.


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"It's as if the surgery flicked a switch in my brain and all of a sudden I'm Michelangelo! I'd never set foot in an art gallery, let alone tried creating my own art work."

Alan has quit his doubleglazing business and is now about to graduate from Worcester University with a Fine Art degree and open a gallery in his home town of Malvern. It's a far cry from six years ago when he collapsed at his home. A scan revealed an aneurysm, a burst blood vessel in the brain.