From the artist:

“Born, Died, Born again in South Florida. I should have been left on the concrete, In hell separated from GOD forever. The Art that I create Is more than painting, it is my passion, praise, worship and desperation for Jesus. My hurt, pain, paranoia, but peace in plethora of colors. My name is JamesDean Michael Curles aka J.D. I have been creating my whole life. I love to sit down and get list in my mind drawing. I have also done (and still do) murals, graphic design, airbrushing and apparel, I’ve done it all. My life was forever changed in 2004, where I was raised, I was raised, LOL. I was a passenger in a car when a truck t-boned my side. Pronounced dead at the scene, they cut me out the car, pulled me onto the street. Air lifted me to the trauma center, where I spent a month in a coma and they said I died again.

Transferred to a rehab hospital, and spent almost a year. The hand that I created with had nerve damage, numb and did not work, all at the same time. I was mentally handicap with a traumatic brain injury, on disability for years. I had to learn how to walk, talk, read and write all over again at the age of 21. My past was not a good one, I rejected GOD rebelled and ran away from Him, trying to do my own thing. Angry and addicted to drugs, stealing, women, the street and in and out of jail. God should have gave up on me and left me dead, we would have for sure. But HE didn’t!!! He stepped in, and rescued me physically so he could rescue me eternally after. I am forever grateful and desperate for Jesus. I can never repay Him, but this is the “ArtOfMySalvation.””