Pura Vida

As a child, Frampton always enjoyed drawing, coloring and creating things with his hands. A love for the outdoors and exploring life interrupted his artmaking until last year. On being diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome in December 2024, he was numb and paralyzed from his feet to his eyes; his life paused completely. Waking from intubation in the hospital, something changed. All he could think about was painting. Although still paralyzed, his first goal was to be able to hold a paintbrush. The desire to paint took root and he eventually began painting as part of Bryn Mawr Rehab’s art therapy program. Frampton says, “When I paint, it’s colorful, it’s dramatic, it’s emotion. Packed with symbolism, vibrant hues and contrasting tonal relationships, each of my paintings tells a story about this unfinished life.”