Indigenous artist uses painting to heal from residential school trauma

Freddy Taylor, 76, a residential school survivor, says the Creator gave him the gift of painting. (CBC)

For Indigenous artist Freddy Taylor, 76, painting has brought purpose back into his life, giving him a way to heal from the trauma he experienced as a child while attending an Indian residential school in Ontario for 10 years.

"I don't know how I do it, but the gift that the Creator has given me, you'll never see a pencil mark on my work. I never use a pencil," Taylor says.

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