Artist William Utermohlen was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 1995, from which point he began chronicling his descent into the disease. These self-portraits painted from that period until 2000 when he was no longer able to hold a paintbrush provides an interesting visual insight into the mysteries of the human mind.
His wife and his doctors said he seemed aware at times that technical flaws had crept into his work, but he could not figure out how to correct them.
“The spatial sense kept slipping, and I think he knew,” Professor Utermohlen said. A psychoanalyst wrote that the paintings depicted sadness, anxiety, resignation and feelings of feebleness and shame.
It's fascinating to me that the nose or perhaps the sense of smell remains the strongest visual feature in each of his paintings.
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