Amazing Young Artist from CT in PJ Langhoff's Book

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Amazing Your Artist from CT

He is ONLY 8 years old!!! but his art work is already on the cover of book

two of " It's All In Your Head " - Around the World in 80 Lyme Patient Stories, by

PJ Langhoff. If you want to see an 8 year old's painting - look this book up on

Amazon and see the cover. This little boy from CT is an amazing artist. Here

is something about him from PJ's book titled " Cover Art by Mills. " (This

is from page ii of Book I by PJ Langhoff)

" About the Artist: 'Stevie' Mills is a life-long resident of West

Hartford, Connecticut. is only 8 years old, and has been painting since

the age of 4, and also suffered with Lyme disease since the same age. After

visiting the Griswald Museum during the summer of 2004, he sat down on the

museum grounds and painted his first canvas. Two hours later, he finished his

painting, arriving at a new and more advanced level of painting that surprised

those who saw his work.

received the Connecticut Renewal Team's National Arts Program

Award - the youngest person in CT ever to do so. has exhibited his

paintings in a 3-generation art show at the West Hartford Library, and the

Eastfield Mall in Springfield, Massachusetts. His works have been displayed at

CRT in Hartford as part of a 2-person art show entitled 'Strokes of Genius,' and

the 'Big Time Saver' kick-off ceremony of an animated short which appeared on

Fox TV and Comcast. has been recognized on channel 30 and Fox TV news

stations for his painting skills. He will be participating in Scruples Animated

Productions and he studies with Nationally recognized artist Joe Young.

In 2006, presented a live painting demonstration at Border books

and signed his posters to help raise money for hurricane relief. His painting,

'Poinsettias,' was selected and printed on holiday cared for the 2006 Children's

Medical Center's Holiday fundraiser. 'Pointsettias' can be viewed at:

www.ccnckids.org/help/holidaycards.asp.

enjoys learning about all genres of art and has been especially

influenced by the Impressionist painter Edgar Degas and Claude Monet, as well as

abstract artist Pollock. He enjoys visiting local museums and

historical sites, as well as studying about composers, architecture, and

inventions. is fascinated by the lifestyles of the 1800's. You can

read about 's story within the pages of this book. "

PJ Langhoff then goes on to explain how the contest that was held among

artists from and U.S and Canada for the cover of the book and 's first

place win.

His story is more than an inspiration, and I encourage all of you to

purchase " It's All In Your Head " Book I and Book II from PJ Langhoff (from

Amazon). There you will learn essential information about Lyme Disease, the

tick and related tick-borne illnesses, statistics on Lyme world-wide,

bio-terrorism, cover-up, threats, and the many stories about personal encounters

with Lyme (including mine) along with poems from many patients along with a few

of mine as well. You will also learn how to protect yourself from Lyme. You

may have Lyme or and co-infection and not even know it. You will learn about

treatment options and a host of important resources. In addition, it will open

your eyes to an epidemic that is being misunderstood and misdiagnosed. These

books will bring you out of you cocoon into the light of the most frightening

illness of our age. If you purchase and read these books, please tell others

about them and share the stories and the big story itself - the story of Lyme

and why we must all keep telling it until more people listen and more people

take the time and effort to get research and development funded for

investigation into treatment and cure, and to help bring this illness to the

status of an official disease that is covered by insurance companies and allows

doctors to treat this illness and save unnecessary ruined lives, suffering and

sometimes even death.

- Glen from NJ

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