Art knows no bounds.

Just ask Jose Moreno, arts major, who suffered a tragic accident 20 years ago while driving home from work.

“I worked for Wonderbread for nine years, and one day while coming home from work, I was involved in an automobile accident, and it changed my life completely,” Moreno said.

He then went to Los Ranchos Amigos for therapy, and support.

Every year, Los Ranchos has an art show, and Moreno had attended and realized he wanted to give it a shot.

“I was always fascinated by it, and one day I tried it, and I’ve been painting for three years.”

Moreno, being a paraplegic cannot properly use his hand, so he was given a splint to help him hold the brush.

“This is the way I hold my brush. Without it, I can’t.”

Despite his disability, and the doubtful words of some, he rose from a beginner using graphite pencils to a skilled artist, using oils.

“If I had started off with oils, I probably would have quit. It takes patience, it gets a little better, and I can see from the results from when I started.”

The years of art have changed his life completely.

“I can see the different shades colors, I never paid attention before, but now I can see the colors, and I stop and look.”

Moreno will be the star of the upcoming art show in Los Ranchos Amigos this year, and a painting of his has been featured in the cover of a magazine. He is thrilled that he was the front page of the magazine.

“It feels good, that real artists look at my work.”

The show will take place on Nov. 5 and 6.