Montreal pencil artist with autism on a mission to spread neurodiversity awareness – Montreal | Globalnews.ca

A typical day for Casey Vormer consists of hours and hours of drawing.

He uses pencils to create photorealistic art of anything he finds interesting, which are mostly animals.

Recently, he undertook his biggest endeavor yet: a portrait of the city of Montreal, from the view of Mount Royal, which took him a total of 830 hours to complete.

“I’m very detail-oriented,” Vormer said. “So I just focus on the details. I don’t draw a building, I just draw a window, another window and another window, one window at a time. And then you have this building.”

Vormer says his attention to detail and ability to hyperfocus stem from his autism.

Growing up in the Netherlands, she says, she always felt different. Social interactions were difficult and often intimidating.

After immigrating to Montreal about 10 years ago to start over, he began drawing and then eventually began selling and commissioning his work.

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Around this time, he met Tamarah Fender, who helped him feature his work in an art exhibit.

“When I met him and worked with him and when I saw his work, I was blown away,” she said. “There is something powerful and very deep that he is able to capture in his art.”

Vormer, who goes by the artist name remrovhe uses social media platforms like TikTok to spread the word about his artwork.

With over 65,000 followers, her videos also help educate and raise awareness about her neurodiversity.

They always emphasize the fact that he is not just a pencil artist, but an autistic pencil artist.

“Autistic people can certainly thrive and be a part of society,” he said. “And I think it’s important to get that message across.”

Vormer sells his artwork, both original, print and commissioned, at his website.

The drawing of downtown Montreal has already been reserved, but copies of it will be sold by Vormer soon.