Where there's a will there's a way

Monty Shulberg is a 90-year-old pensioner who has found new meaning in life by taking up digital art. For many years, he enjoyed working as a consultant audiologist in the UK, Channel Islands, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Sri Lanka, Kenya and New Zealand. He worked mainly with children, but also gave consultations to a number of famous people including George Carey (Archbishop of Canterbury), Lord Forte, Bob Monkhouse, Yehudi Menuhin, George Martin (the ‘fifth’ Beatle), Benazir Bhutto, and the President of India on a state visit to Buckingham Palace. In 1971 Monty designed and produced ‘Radio-Link’, a new system allowing a hearing-impaired child to participate in a normal teaching environment with other children.

When he was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma-brain tumour in his left ear, he had to give up his life’s work. After two strokes, resulting in other disabilities, he sank into a period of depression, but eventually overcame this by taking up digital art, which has since given him great enjoyment and a purpose to live again. The brain tumour and strokes have given him a very different perspective on life, dramatically influencing his work. He has also been influenced by the work of great Renaissance masters like Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci as well as more modern masters such as Escher and Salvador Dali. His eagerness to continuously grow as an artist has helped him achieve a level of expertise in digital artistry which is widely appreciated. He has an insatiable desire to create art every day and share it with the world. Just as he finds inspiration all around him, he aims to impart inspiration to others through his fantasy creations, and hopes you will enjoy his art as much as he has enjoyed creating it. Monty says: “I would like to tell my story to others showing that ‘where there's a will there's a way’ and that you should never give up hope but believe in yourself and live to fight another day."