Persevering Through Pain Print

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. In 1976, Japanese gymnast Shun Fujimoto suffered a devastating injury during his final tumbling run in the floor exercise. He had broken his right kneecap and torn ligaments in his right leg. However, the Japanese were in a tight race for the gold, so Fujimoto hid his injury and moved to the next event—the pommel horse. Despite the pain, Fujimoto managed to score a 9.5. His next event was the rings, an impossibility with a broken knee, right? He finished with a twisting triple-somersault dismount from 8 feet in the air, landing with his right knee somehow buckling only slightly and scoring a career-high 9.7. Fujimoto gritted his teeth and, with tears in his eyes, staggered away and collapsed into the arms of his coach. Doctors were horrified and ordered him to withdraw from the competition. His performance, understandably, inspired his teammates– the Japanese won the gold medal on the final event in the closest competition in Olympic history.

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:8 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:13.25 W x 17.25 H x 1.2 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.