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Eric the Eel Painting
United States
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 96 W x 24 H x 2 D in
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I am a professional Narrative Artist based out of Atlanta, Georgia USA. In 2019, I was United States Sports Academy’s International Sports Artist of the Year. I was invited to Tokyo for the 2020 Games and had a solo exhibition of my Olympic-themed, narrative paintings scheduled at the prestigious Tokyo-American Club. For the past eighteen months, I have been working on a series of Olympic-themed paintings that personify the spirit of the games. I am mystified by underdogs, scrappers and overcomers who defy the odds, deal with adversity, and make the impossible seem possible. The stories of grit, resiliency and determination are the ones I have a passion to illustrate. This is, after all, the transformative vision at the heart of the Olympic ideal. To bring the Olympic spirit to developing nations in the late 1990s, the Olympic Committee allowed a small number of “wild card” athletes to join the Games. But because they didn’t have to go through any qualifying rounds, not all of the contenders arrived prepared. A swimmer from Equatorial Guinea named Eric Moussambani trained in a small hotel pool and had never even seen an Olympic-size pool or raced more than 50 meters. Regardless, he was determined to represent his country. On the day of the games, Eric dove in fine, but soon began gasping for air and flailing his arms and legs. Halfway through the race, the situation looked so dire that commentators seriously worried he was drowning. When Moussambani eventually stalled out 10 meters from the end of the race, the crowd rallied and cheered him on. As he finally pulled himself from the water, the applause thundered. His final time was more than twice that of other swimmers, but his perseverance made him an Olympic celebrity, and his newfound fans dubbed him “Eric the Eel.”
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Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:96 W x 24 H x 2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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I consider myself a contemporary, narrative artist. As American filmmaker, George Lucas said, “Narrative is one of the oldest and most important impulses in art. It is also the most popular form of art. Tracing the arc of narrative art reveals how culture is created, reinforced, and then compelled to evolve.” It is not that I simply want to document a story arc, but to celebrate the power of visual storytelling through expressionist painting. I see with my heart and I paint with my hands, but I always desire to provoke fascination, imagination and wonder. To that end, my loose, expressive style allows me to interpret the emotion and movement of the moment. What’s my objective? To create art that engages the human heart and challenges the spirit… to hone my craft in such a way as to resonate on an emotional, visceral level. My paintings and collages are marked by bold colors, expressive brushwork often mixing media and incorporating collage elements and a variety of mark-making tools. My subjects are informed by the aggregate of my varied life experiences. You will note that much of my work is sports themed. That is not because I am a jock or have an interest in star power. Frankly, there is a lot in the sports world that is repulsive to me (the scandals, the privilege, gender inequality, and the ridiculous salaries to name a few). But there is also a transcendent dimension of sports, an innate drama and what Olympian Jesse Owens called, the athlete’s “inner life”– the mysterious source of the drive, deeper than the one to win, to excel until improbable dreams are fulfilled. I have found sports to be a good staging ground to paint colorful narratives through a compelling point of view. I have a passion to never stop learning and to never ever stop growing. From Russia to India to Africa I have created art and garnered more than 100 local, national and international awards.
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