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Handicapped artist at work. He was 15 when he lost his hands and an eye in an accident but that didn't stop Mykola Bidniak, 44, from pursuing and art (...)
Handicapped artist at work. He was 15 when he lost his hands and an eye in an accident but that didn't stop Mykola Bidniak, 44, from pursuing and art (...)

Handicapped artist at work. He was 15 when he lost his hands and an eye in an accident but that didn't stop Mykola Bidniak, 44, from pursuing and art (...)

Date10/15/1974
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  • Handicapped artist at work. He was 15 when he lost his hands and an eye in an accident but that didn't stop Mykola Bidniak, 44, from pursuing and art (...)
  • Handicapped artist at work. He was 15 when he lost his hands and an eye in an accident but that didn't stop Mykola Bidniak; 44; from pursuing and art career. Here he works on a painting in his Gladstone Ave. studio. Oil; water color and silk screen paintings of 17 artists done by mouth or foot will be on display Oct. 22-24 in St. Lawrence Hall.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Handicapped artist at work. He was 15 when he lost his hands and an eye in an accident but that didn't stop Mykola Bidniak; 44; from pursuing and art career. Here he works on a painting in his Gladstone Ave. studio. Oil; water color and silk screen paintings of 17 artists done by mouth or foot will be on display Oct. 22-24 in St. Lawrence Hall.
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