Artist Spotlight: Edgar Brown
Edgar Brown’s artistic influences range from the masters like Claude Monet and Rembrandt to more modern names like Merv Corning, Frank Frazetta and Bart Forbes.
At age 5, Edgar drew cartoons and over the years he moved on to draw-ing familiar comic book heroes such as Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man and Conan the Barbarian. His first oil painting of Conan the Barbarian was completed in high school, but in the years a fter he put his art to the side and raised a family.
It was a series of heartbreaks that eventually led Edgar to creating sports art in 1990.
“My mom passed away at 48 and my father died of cancer four months later on his 51st birthday,” Brown says. “A fter my mom passed, a spiritual awakening led me to start painting sports. I created a painting of New York Giants’ Mark Bavaro praying in the end zone, titled ‘A Moment of Silence.’”
These days, Edgar has been commissioned by more than 100 pro athletes and his artwork was on display at NFL Honors Super Bowl 50, while several of his football works have been published into limited edition prints licensed by the NFL and the NFLPA through the Deacon Jones Foundation art initiative.
His works also hang at New York Giants Corporate Office, the Meadow-lands Racetrack, the Wrestling Hall of Fame, the International Tennis Hall of Fame, the Hambletonian Society, New York Athletics Club, Executive Sports Network and various art galleries across the country.
Website: SportsArtist.com
