George Mendoza - A man of courage and vision, George Mendoza seems invincible even though he has lost his sight at the age of 15.  He has gone on to become a world-class runner, Olympic contender, author, painter and a motivational speaker for the youth and the disabled in America.   

This painting (on his website splash page) is sort of my inspirational image. "What color is the Wind?" I was fifteen, and a little girl named Debbie who was born blind, who had never seen the color green or the shape of a tree, asked me a question after the wind blew through her long brown hair. "Can you tell me, what color is the wind?". That question just blew my mind because I was just losing my sight then. She woke up my creative sense by asking me that question.

Mr. Mendoza has written an autobiographical screenplay, “The George Mendoza Story”, a one-hour docudrama, which was aired on the public broadcasting system (PBS), hosted and narrated by academy award winning actor, Robert Duvall.  A biography about Mr. Mendoza entitled “Running Toward the Light,” has been written by best selling author William J. Buchanan and will soon be made into a major motion picture.

October 29th, 2004 - Vision of the Soul
I am very excited to announce that I will be the featured artist in an exhibit called Vision of the Soul sponsored by the International Museum of Art in El Paso Texas. The exhibit will open in September of 2005, and I am working with program director Ema Castillo to select and prepare paintings for the exhibit. We will be working with as many as ten other visually impaired artists from the U.S. and Mexico, who will contribute their visions to the exhibit. It is our hope that this exhibition will find a national or international tour.

www.georgemendoza.com