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#21 ANDREW FERENCE, BOSTON BRUIN, ENVIRONMENTALIST
This past Sunday at Sportsworld in Saugus,Ma. I gave Andrew Ference the original portrait of himself that I did. #21 of The Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins is great guy, awesome defenseman and a very serious "Green" person. as an environmentalist, he delivers the importance of taking care of our planet to hockey fans and other players. If you check out his portrait on my site, www.daveolsenartwork.com look in the lower right hand corner, you'll see the little pine trees I added near his skates, to get his important green message out there....hope you like it.
BLURBS, AND LETTERS....
I recently received a really nice letter from Mr. Kevin Smith, the President and CEO of Winchester Hospital, Winchester,Massachusetts. The was a warm note about how much he liked my Dana-Farber / Jimmy Fund Holiday Card of the Gillette Stadium and The Patriots. Kevin Champions the fight locally against cancer with his wonderful staff of Doctors and Nurses at Winchester Hospital. The hospital is currently building a new state of the art cancer in Winchester,Ma. The Holiday Cards raised over $450,000 for the Jimmy Fund.
The New England Baseball Journal included me in their 100 greatest players from New England issue, part of the "Grand slam Gallery" of Artists. It was a nice mention, nice to included....
The New England Baseball Journal included me in their 100 greatest players from New England issue, part of the "Grand slam Gallery" of Artists. It was a nice mention, nice to included....
"In memory of, and for my friend Tom O'Hehir......
In Memory of
Thomas O'Hehir
December 28, 1940 - December 19, 2010
2011 Patriots Card
2011 Ornament
Last December my family lost our good friend Tom O'Hehir to cancer. Cancer effects every family at one time or another, no one escapes this terrible disease. Tom was a great guy, a tremendous friend, and most of all he loved the NFL. A retired New York City Cop, His favorite match-ups were The Patriots vs. the Jets or Giants. This past spring I was asked to paint an Illustration of Gillette Stadium in the snow to be used as one of the 2011 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and The Jimmy Fund of Boston. My daughter Danielle loved the idea and we talked about how great it would be to dedicate the card in Tom's memory, as the card would be for sale on the 1st anniversary of his passing. I asked the Dana-Farber if this would be possible and they thought it was a great idea. On the back of the card it reads: "In Memory of and for, my friend Tom O'Hehir, who loved Football".
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2011 Patriots Card
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Last December my family lost our good friend Tom O'Hehir to cancer. Cancer effects every family at one time or another, no one escapes this terrible disease. Tom was a great guy, a tremendous friend, and most of all he loved the NFL. A retired New York City Cop, His favorite match-ups were The Patriots vs. the Jets or Giants. This past spring I was asked to paint an Illustration of Gillette Stadium in the snow to be used as one of the 2011 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and The Jimmy Fund of Boston. My daughter Danielle loved the idea and we talked about how great it would be to dedicate the card in Tom's memory, as the card would be for sale on the 1st anniversary of his passing. I asked the Dana-Farber if this would be possible and they thought it was a great idea. On the back of the card it reads: "In Memory of and for, my friend Tom O'Hehir, who loved Football".
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Great Time @ Art in the Park in "The Town"
Thanks for everyone who came out to see me in Charlestown, Ma. at the Art in the Park show this past Saturday afternoon! It was a lot of fun.
This Saturday, ART IN THE PARK!...CHARLESTOWN,MA.
This Saturday, 10a.m. - 5:30p.m., Just outside Boston in Charlestown. I will be at the ART IN THE PARK FESTIVAL at City Square. The 14 annual event is put on by the Artist's Group of Charlestown,Ma.
I will be displaying some of my original artwork, including some of the World Championship Team Illustrations. Also available to purchase will be 2011 Stanley Cup Champion Bruins Team Prints, Signed by me for a discounted price of only $5., These are the same 18X24 glossy prints sold after the Championship this spring. So please stop by booth #40.
I will be displaying some of my original artwork, including some of the World Championship Team Illustrations. Also available to purchase will be 2011 Stanley Cup Champion Bruins Team Prints, Signed by me for a discounted price of only $5., These are the same 18X24 glossy prints sold after the Championship this spring. So please stop by booth #40.
THE NATIONAL ART MUSEUM OF SPORT ANNUAL EXHIBIT
I have been invited to be part of NAMOS exhibit this coming year and have entered four different pieces, I'm going to go out to Purdue University if any of my artwork is chosen...Could make a nice trip!
NAMOS is inviting sport artists to participate in its Second Annual International Commitment to Excellence in Art and Sport: A Fine Art Competition and exhibit. Up to 50 paintings, sculptures, and photographs depicting sport selected by a jury will be exhibited at the Museum on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). The exhibit is scheduled to open October 27, 2011, and close February 28, 2012.
NAMOS is inviting sport artists to participate in its Second Annual International Commitment to Excellence in Art and Sport: A Fine Art Competition and exhibit. Up to 50 paintings, sculptures, and photographs depicting sport selected by a jury will be exhibited at the Museum on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). The exhibit is scheduled to open October 27, 2011, and close February 28, 2012.
THE FIGHTER
Just finished a painting of "The Fighter" Irish Micky Ward. is a retired junior welterweight professional boxer and former WBU Champion from Lowell,Massachusetts. He is widely known as the protagonist in the 2010 feature film The Fighter based on his career, as the subject of the titular song from the album The Warrior's Code by the Dropkick Murphys, and for his trilogy of fights with the late Arturo Gatti, who is also shown in my painting.
He's doing a big autograph signing at the mall in Braintree, Ma. this Saturday and I'll get him to sign the original for my collection.
He's doing a big autograph signing at the mall in Braintree, Ma. this Saturday and I'll get him to sign the original for my collection.
Another Fenway Park, Sportsworld Panel just about done...a sneek peek.
The Sportsworld Ted Williams Fenway Park Panel is almost a wrap. and after days of work, I like the "feel" of an old advertisement on the original piece of Fenway Park. Take a look, The panel will be @ Sportsworld in Saugus, Mass. soon!
The Project Continues: Fenway Panel #2
Here's the start of the second Fenway Park panel. On this one, no background, just the figure. But can you tell who the player is by the pose?
