From a distance, Chuck Close’s portraits look hyper-realistic — but up close, they dissolve into a mosaic of abstract colour and pattern. He lived with face blindness, dyslexia, and later paralysis, yet never stopped painting. Close didn’t just reinvent portraiture — he reinvented himself. #MicrodoseOfArt #ChuckClose #ArtHistory #ModernArt #Photorealism #Hyperrealism #InspiringArtists #ContemporaryArt #Painting #ArtReel #FineArt #ArtCollector #ArtEducation #VisualArt | Paul Thompson

Sunday Passage Artist Chuck Close died August 19, 2021, at the age of 81. In this "Sunday Morning" report that originally aired in 2007, Close talked about the evolution of his work; even in spite of his physical limitations. | CBS Sunday Morning