This project can be restrained to the exploration of three questions: how has disability been presented in art and media? What are we losing if those with disabilities are ‘othered’ and excluded? How can those with disabilities be ethically portrayed in art? The aim of this project is to highlight the humanity of disability and to discuss what will be lost if spaces, specifically artistic ones, continue to be closed off not only to the representation of those with disabilities but their actual presence. With three large-scale portraits and three smaller portraits, these paintings seek to encapsulate the humanity and personality of the subjects painted.