Michael Anthony Williams

Mr. Williams has been sight impaired since birth and started drawing and painting at the age of 10.  Mr. Williams took interest in art when he saw his mother do a sketch of a cowboy  riding off toward the sunset and decided to pursue and harvest his ability to create. He remember starting off drawing cars and trucks and later aviation and then onto architecture. Mr. Williams would continue to advance in his art by teaching himself perspective and later painting. It was known by a few individuals that Mr. Williams had found his calling in life and that was to become an artist.

This is his website.

Manipal Arunakumari

Manipal Arunakumari is a Blind Musical Veena Artist of excellence from Karnataka state of India.

Born in 1966, she lost her vision at the tender age of 7 years (1973) due to bilateral retina detachment (pathological myopia). All medical treatments such as surgery, eye grafting, allopathic, homeopathic systems were of no use according to the experts in the field.

However, her parents suggested her to learn Carnatic classical music to stand on her own legs.

The initial strong foundation in vocal music was laid by the well known Vidwan Sri. Udupi Vasudeva Bhat, which was later continued by Smt Lalitha Ballal and Vidwan Sri. Sooralu Parameshwara Bhat. She began learning the challenging Veena under Veena Vidushi Smt. K.R.Lakshmi Iyengar in 1978. She was initiated to violin by Vidwan Sri. K.Raghavendra Bhat. The sincere, affectionate coaching from her teachers and constant full time practice and listening to cassettes, CD’s, radio etc., made her to attain the otherwise impossible achievements.

She has a website, so check it out!

Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris (born May 13, 1950, as Stevland Hardaway Judkins), known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist. Blind since shortly after birth, Wonder signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for Motown to this day.

Teresa de Cartagena

Teresa de Cartagena (c.1425–) was a Spanish author and nun who fell deaf between 1453–1459, which influenced her two known works Arboleda de los enfermos (Grove of the Infirm) and Admiraçión operum Dey (Wonder at the Works of God). The latter work represents what many critics consider as the first feminist tract written by a Spanish woman.

Chuck Baird

Chuck Baird was born in Kansas City with a moderate hearing loss but grew up culturally deaf.  He attended the Kansas School for the Deaf, Gallaudet University, (formerly College) and National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology.

He has been a painter since his teen years and has led a distinguished career, most notably as the official curator of Deaf Way II art exhibitions at Gallaudet and in Washington DC area in 2002. He has participated in dozens of exhibits, created several commissioned murals, and has served as artist in residence at over thirty deaf schools.

Baird split his time between painting and acting while involved in the National Theatre for the Deaf and Equity theatres for a total of 23 years. He is best remembered for his role as the painter in the stage production of the adapted movie, King of Hearts.

Quote by him:

"I am no longer interested in whether I am a Deaf artist or an artist who happens to be deaf. I have accepted being either cultured Deaf or hard of hearing; that's fine with me. But what makes me an artist, that really matters. The process is the power of creativity and all the gifts inside and from the surrounding environment. It is so much more fun that way. The brush becomes so free, and speaks or moves for itself."

He had a ebsite.

Scott Upton

Scott Upton is deaf and is from Canada. Scott was born in Montreal, Quebec and moved to Ontario. He attended Ernest C. Drury School in Milton, Ontario and Sir James Whitney School in Belleville, Ontario for the final two years and graduated there.

Scott is a desktop publisher, graphic designer, digital artist and pressman. He lives and works in Kingston, Ontario. Kingston is a very beautiful city and lots of history in this city. Scott is currently work as a pressman. He has over 22 years as pressman experience and was working on Heidelberg MOZP press (6 and half tons press). Heidelberg press is well-known for printing and he was doing full color printing.

Scott is involved in many Deaf sports and events committees. He was designs the flyers and program books for them. He started a home based business in his spare time in 1997 called Remember When... It is a Desktop Publishing, Design and Printing Service and is still in current now - serving many Deaf clubs, organizations, businesses and services.

His interest was heightened when he bought some impressive 3D software that offered endless ways to create designs.  Hand Nation was just added to his business and it is Digital Art of Sign Language. Hand Nation has been four years in the making, using five different software programs and over 2 GB of memory. The key to making these creative pictures is 'patience'. His first design was the jet and his favorite design is the motorcycle.

Keith Salmon

Keith Salmon (born 1959) is a British fine artist. His work is principally semi-abstract Scottish landscapes which are created based upon his experience as a hill walker. Even though he is blind Salmon has climbed more than one hundred Munros, many of which have been captured in his artworks.