Chinese Artist Huang Guofu Paints Using Only His Mouth & Feet (VIDEO)

Huang Guofu didn’t let the childhood accident that left him armless at the age of four interfere with his love for painting. Instead, he taught himself to paint with his feet at the age of 12. He recalls staying up all night at times just to practice. After his father fell ill, Guong, 18 at the time, quit school and decided to pursue painting as a profession in order to help pay for treatments. He started selling his art on the streets where some purchased his work purely out of sympathy.

Guong soon started traveling to different cities to sell his artwork; after hearing that his paintings lacked elegance because of his technique, he taught himself to use the brush with his teeth. Using his mouth allowed him to paint with more detail.

His effort and dedication have not gone unnoticed. As his skills have progressed, so has his recognition. Huang Guofu was recently named vice-curator of the newly opened Chonqing Talents Museum. Now, dealers and art lovers around the world seek out his paintings.

(Via CNTV)

Comments

[moderndaywarrior]

08:02 PM on 05/10/2011

Man, I suck.

I have both my arms. I'm gonna go home and paint a picture.

[themightyabealrd]

04:43 AM on 05/09/2011

A wonderful story. I grew up in a small midwestern town where a quadriplegic man made greeting card art with a brush in his mouth-very accomplished sketches and quite popular. It's good to be reminded that one needn't be defined by one's limitations, for there are nearly always methods for surmounting them.

[Roy E Pearson]

12:18 PM on 05/08/2011

With Respect, can any one say eye-mandible co-ordination.

Some comments below have a tinge of bitterness or cynicism, but while many overcome adversities and everyone has something in their life that seems to them as important as people who are radically challenged, it good to celebrate to human will to achieve.

And we must acknowledge it is a community affair when it is at it's best. Rarely does anyone achieve their full potential - with or with out extra challenges - on their own.

We can be dirty rotten scoundrels, but we also thrive in the determination that comes from the human spirit.

[kat4show]

12:01 PM on 05/08/2011

And this is news ?

There are thousands of disabled out there that draw, type, eat and use computers, etc with their mouths and feet.
You do what you have to do.

[celloheart]

08:51 PM on 05/08/2011

You're missing the point, KAT. This man paints as a master. His work is incredibly detailed, highly mature, and extremely accomplished. Did you even look or listen to the video about him before your generalized comment?

[Havana Thinks]

02:16 AM on 05/09/2011

I do agree with you, however, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[Havana Thinks]

02:17 AM on 05/09/2011

Faved because you see his perserverance. I applaud his faith in God more than his art.

[Golly26]

10:01 AM on 05/08/2011

He has defied the odds and randomness of nature against him! Congratulations on your gifts and your determination and perserverance! You can teach all of us a great lesson!

[Pennsanic]

09:59 AM on 05/08/2011

Totally inspiring.

[aOsO]

09:12 AM on 05/08/2011

Proving again that the human being can do anything it put its mind to.

[TWeissMA]

09:09 AM on 05/08/2011

Amazing that so many employers in America write off People with Disabilities every single day. The talents and skills, as well as the variety of abilities and dedication so many of us have, should find employers reaching for us instead.

[ilovedessert]

08:14 AM on 05/08/2011

Wow...he does a great job!

[Muzzle Me]

08:09 AM on 05/08/2011

Truly amazing.

[katietcd]

07:41 AM on 05/08/2011

wow

[Captain Doobie]

06:59 AM on 05/08/2011

To overcome this disability with a creative instinct and develop his ability to make good art with parts of our body we normally take for granted is quite a feat (no pun intended).

[Mort]

06:27 AM on 05/08/2011

That's amazing! Let's all give him a hand!

[bridgeman]

04:46 AM on 05/08/2011

Simply amazing!

[planetjeffy]

02:56 AM on 05/08/2011

using your teeth and feet to paint is no big deal
W ran the country out of hisAss for 8 years

[Muzzle Me]

08:10 AM on 05/08/2011

thanks for the laugh for the day.

[J Smith 01]

11:30 AM on 05/08/2011

Ditto.

[planetjeffy]

04:09 AM on 05/09/2011

you're welcome...and fanned
love the moniker

[white mende man]

10:48 AM on 05/08/2011

true that

[planetjeffy]

04:10 AM on 05/09/2011

sadly, yes it is true...fanned