David Preparing BBQ Beef Brisket
Middleville, Michigan ~ 2014
Oil on Canvas
30" x 24"
David Gladyness inherited his NF from his mother’s side of the family: his grandmother, his mother, and four of his mother’s siblings, four of his cousins, one of his brothers, one of his brother’s children and both of her children all have NF. In David’s words, “I decided not to have children, I knew I had NF at the age of 5, but was not officially diagnosed until I was 18, I had a tumor removed of of my left hip and it grew back. Two years ago I had major surgery and spent 15 days in the hospital and was diagnosed with Neuroendricine cancer. I had a Whipple surgery, they removed my gall bladder, the head of my pancreas, 17 inches of my small intestine and 20% of my stomach.”
David is a culinary trained chef. He got his love of cooking from his father who was born and raised in Louisiana. It is not surprising that David’s favorite cuisine to prepare is Cajun or Creole. While in culinary school, he had the opportunity to travel to France to cook for the stars in the American Pavilion at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Besides going to Washington, D.C. to lobby for fund for NF research, David is also very instrumental in running and organizing an NF camp for kids in Michigan.
David is a culinary trained chef. He got his love of cooking from his father who was born and raised in Louisiana. It is not surprising that David’s favorite cuisine to prepare is Cajun or Creole. While in culinary school, he had the opportunity to travel to France to cook for the stars in the American Pavilion at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Besides going to Washington, D.C. to lobby for fund for NF research, David is also very instrumental in running and organizing an NF camp for kids in Michigan.