The Artist Behind the Painting J.K. Rowling Just Called Out on Twitter
Henry Fraser is an artist and inspirational speaker living in the U.K. When he was 17 years old, he went on a vacation with some friends in Portugal and took an ill-fated dive into the sea, damaging his spinal cord, according to his website. The injury rendered him unable to move his arms or legs.
“My new life began that day,” he wrote on his website.
Determined to do something good with his situation, Fraser, now 24, shares his experience of becoming a quadriplegic with others in what he calls his “Pushing Myself” talk. Another of his talents? Painting — with his mouth. By attaching a paintbrush to a longer tool, which he controls with his mouth, Fraser creates impressively detailed pieces he calls “mouth paintings.” Many of his works feature athletes or people in action scenes.
His latest mouth painting was good enough to catch some pretty notable attention. On July 7, Fraser tweeted a photo of his painting of Harry Potter.
My latest mouth painting. (Only able to paint using my mouth).
It’s #HarryPotter! pic.twitter.com/FNE94c95AH
— Henry Fraser (@henryfraser0) July 7, 2015
A few days later, J.K. Rowling herself tweeted her approval.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 10, 2015
To keep up with Fraser and view more of his artwork, visit his Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages.
h/t BuzzFeed
Rachel Kassenbrock is an Associate Editor at The Mighty. She recently graduated from the College of Wooster with a degree in English, and has previously written for the Ms. magazine blog and LifeinLA.com. She now lives in Los Angeles where she enjoys live music, being outside and all things coffee-related. You can follow her at @rkassenbrock or email her at rachel@themighty.com.
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