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On days when Jimmy Purkey isn't feeling like himself, he likes to head over to his art studio, squeeze some brightly colored paint onto a palette and go to work on his latest piece.
Purkey, 42, of New Salem, painting primarily the style "chaos abstract," as he put it, has made art an integral part of his life as a therapeutic pastime. He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 16.
Click here to read full article https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/local/community/2020/02/16/york-county-artist-bipolar-disorder-helps-others-mental-health-issues/4725857002/
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