日本 口畫家
Minami在17歲時因柔道比賽而損傷脊椎造成癱瘓。他花了三年時間在醫院，並且藉由復健使其手臂可以輕微移動，然而日常生活依舊需要協助。
他在受傷前就喜歡繪畫，因此出院後他便試著用口咬著筆來畫畫，起初他嘗試水彩，之後轉往油畫創作。靜物是他主要描繪的主題，另外他對於再現世界各地年輕人與動物們喜悅和希望的景象也很有興趣。
Eiichi Minami was 17 years old and in third grade of High School when he suffered an accident in a judo competition in the Prefecture of Nagano in 1972. His spinal column was injured and his limbs remained completely paralysed. Eiichi Minami spent three years in hospital, and with rehabilitation therapy he managed to move his arms slightly.
For all the daily tasks, however, he requires help. Eiichi Minami was fond of painting even before his accident. For this reason he took a brush into his mouth after being released from hospital and started to paint this way.
His first attempts were with water colours, later he took up oil painting. Eiichi Minami mainly paints still lifes. At the same time, he would like to paint the cheerful and hopeful scenes of young people and animals from all over the world.
In 1982, he was granted a stipend by the association. Ten years later he was accepted as an associated member. In the course of the years, he has achieved great success with his work. One of his achievements is the fact that his painting "Rainbow over a Hill" was chosen as the motif for the stamp edition "Peace 2000" by the Principality of Liechtenstein.
