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September 09, 2005
MS won't stop this artist
 Georgetown artist Judi Bartnicki was diagnosed with MS in 2001, following removal of a benign brain tumor. The most severe impact from the disease has been on her left arm and hand. Judi is left-handed.
Bartnicki took up Pointillism in 1976, using the technique founded in the 1800s by French artist Seurat. Each of her original artworks takes from 200 to 600 hours to create. She uses crowquill pens dipped in India ink, and painstakingly places each individual dot in just the right place.
Determined to fight off this disease and continue creating her art, Bartnicki has been donating 10 percent of the sale of each painting to the MS Society, to fund research for a cure. She believes they are close to a breakthrough
Bartnicki is becoming increasingly well-known in the art world in America and in Europe. She is the first artist ever to be permitted to display the Multiple Sclerosis Society logo on her artworks, and many people are collecting her work.
David Landers, the actor who played Squiggy on the "Laverne and Shirley" show, has her artwork and is helping with the fundraising for MS.
Bartnicki wants to show other MS patients how to continue living with the condition.
"A lot of people with MS are deterred by the pain," says Bartnicki. "My [Pointillism] technique is really tedious, but I can do it. Too many people with MS just give up when they just need to push through it."
People interested in viewing Bartnicki's work online can see it on the Web site at www.nationalmssociety.org/mam/home. People interested in buying her work can do so online at www.picklepot.com.
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