Bremerton artist Dave Ryan finds strength and passion through stenciling
When Dave Ryan jumped off a ledge into a swimming hole at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia three years ago, he didn鈥檛 expect it would lead to a career in art.
Ryan and a friend had decided to explore the four corners of the country the summer of 2008 and they were headed toward the Florida Keys. However, he didn鈥檛 make it to Florida because he didn鈥檛 jump far enough away from the rocks and broke his sixth vertebrae and shattered his spinal cord at that stop in Philadelphia.
Some of the doctors told the Bremerton native that he would overcome his broken neck injury. Others said he could be paralyzed for life.
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