Venice Beach, CA Street Basketball Players
Thoughts on a College Basketball Sports Painting
What kind of interests me, as an artist is what happens to
all the college basketball players after their final seasons. I thought of this as I finished watching the Michigan and Villanova
win in their NCAA “final-four” games and their move on to the Championship
game. This is when these two teams are
at their peak - Why? - Because Michigan was the team
with hot games at the end of the season and Villanova being the best team at
the end of the season. What happens to
the all the players who did not achieve the ultimate college basketball goal?
Venice
Beach
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| This black and white sports art painting of a
couple of |
These years spent playing will probably be the highlight of
their lives – they certainly have achieved more in a shorter time then I will
ever have over my entire lifetime. But
where do all those players go? The reason I say this is that that the basketball
painting you see here on this page is of basketball players that play on the Venice Beach Ca. street
basketball courts. Most of the players
on the main court are ex, really good high school and college players. Occasionally some ex-pros show up on the
courts for a pick up a game. These are
the courts where the movie “White Men Can’t Jump” was filmed. Think of all those great college players that
did not go on to play in the pros. Where
are they and what do they do? What do
they think about the past – and the future.
Why Paint Sports Art Figures
This black and white sports art painting of a couple of Venice Beach ,
Ca. players ended up in the Amway Sports Arena in Orlando Florida
