Video: Mouths instead of hands: a paralyzed artist paints stunning paintings
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Even the strongest physical obstacles cannot stand in the way of true talent and calling. Doug Landis's work is the perfect example to support this point. After all, this man, by the will of fate, was paralyzed, draws stunning pictures, holding a pencil in his mouth!
Doug Landis was an ordinary student, until one day during a wrestling match, an accident occurred that led to tetraplegia - paralysis of four limbs. The young man, always characterized by hyperactivity, was confined to a wheelchair. Doug watched TV all day, and one day his brother suggested an alternative in the form of drawing. In his first drawing, Doug depicted the house he saw on his Christmas card. And although he subsequently redrawn the image several times, developing his own style, even then it became clear that this is a real talent.
Doug draws with a pencil between his teeth, but his neck does most of the work, directing the artist's movements. It takes from 40 to 200 hours to create one image, depending on its size. If the picture is very large, then the author creates half of the drawing upside down, and then turns the canvas over and draws the other half.
The muscles of the Doug neck are under enormous stress, because they are not designed to perform the huge number of repetitive movements that the artist performs while drawing. “A few years ago, I started having neck problems and went to the doctor,” says Doug. - I was told that I should give up drawing. Well, I had to look for another doctor. As a result, the artist decided to reduce the amount of time spent at the canvas: instead of 6-8 hours a day, he is limited to 2-4 hours.
Doug Landis's ability to draw was discovered only during his terrible illness, and now the author is sure that each of us has hidden talents, we just do not always have the time and opportunities to find them in ourselves.
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