Saturday, July 12, 2014
Friday, July 11, 2014
Thursday, July 10, 2014
JUNE 23 1969 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
!6" x 20" Acrylic on canvas Private Collection
This drawing is of the first professional prizefight my father and I attended. I had taken up boxing as a kid at the Police Athletic league and was having some success, but my parents were against it. I begged my Dad to take me to see this fight as I had heard that Joe Frazier was the only boxer who could beat Muhammed Ali. Frazier's opponent was Jerry Quarry, who himself was a top contender during the 1960's. Reluctantly my Dad took me and I now realize he did it so I could see for myself how brutal this sport is. The fight was stopped in the 7th round because Quarry had a cut over his right eye. Both of these fighters are now dead. Quarry at 53 (brain damage sustained from prizefighting), Frazier at 67 from liver cancer. I quit boxing because I lacked the killer instinct.
This drawing is of the first professional prizefight my father and I attended. I had taken up boxing as a kid at the Police Athletic league and was having some success, but my parents were against it. I begged my Dad to take me to see this fight as I had heard that Joe Frazier was the only boxer who could beat Muhammed Ali. Frazier's opponent was Jerry Quarry, who himself was a top contender during the 1960's. Reluctantly my Dad took me and I now realize he did it so I could see for myself how brutal this sport is. The fight was stopped in the 7th round because Quarry had a cut over his right eye. Both of these fighters are now dead. Quarry at 53 (brain damage sustained from prizefighting), Frazier at 67 from liver cancer. I quit boxing because I lacked the killer instinct.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Monday, July 7, 2014
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Friday, July 4, 2014
Thursday, July 3, 2014
PORTRAIT OF ARTIST ELSBETH McLEOD
11" x 15" Uniball pen, watercolor and gouache on Canson paper. This is super artist at SBS Elsbeth McLeod whose work I really admire and study.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Monday, June 30, 2014
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Friday, June 27, 2014
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Monday, June 23, 2014
COPYING THE KANE SQUIRREL #2
Uniball pen and watercolor on 9" x 12" paper. I copied this from the great Tommy Kane and sent it to my 7 year old grandson Oscar in Holland because we fed the squirrels every day when he was here last summer. I did several more for him and wrote words of encouragement on them for him.
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