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Ink dots keep artist Willy Barker creating despite Parkinson's
Willy Barker uses rapid stippling to craft rural scenes despite worsening Parkinson's disease. He works full time at the Meskwaki Casino Hotel and dreams of a casket side business while his dots, each placed with a Micron 005 pen, carry his signature into art venues and state fairs.
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Oledo
Willy Barker
Willy
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Iowa
Toledo
Lennox
Marshalltown
Patti
State Commission On Disabilities
VSA
Very Special Artists) of Iowa
Galena
Ill
Dave Rasdal
the Gazette