Local painter
scores big
with sports

ITH THE Vancouver

Canucks having reached

the Stanley Cup finals,
the bandwagon of loyal Canuck
fans has grown to capacity and so
has the demand for Canucks mer-
chandise. But what about
Canucks art?

Kevin Gillies
SPOTLIGHT FEATURE

According to North Vancou-
ver artist Glen Green, these are
the best of times. ;

Green has carved out a niche
for himself in the field of sports
figure drawing and painting.

His studio is home to portaits

of Gordie Howe, Steve Yzerman, .

Michael Spinks, Jack Nicklaus,
Dale Hawerchuk, Paul
Henderson, Roger Clemens, Guy
Lafleur, Trevor Linden and Dave
“Tiger” Williams among others.

His latest work is a dual por-
trait. of Canuck goalie Kirk
McLean — one with his mask up
as he drinks from a water bottle
and another when he replaces the
mask. Green finished the piece in
December of 1993 — at a time
when the Canucks were strug-
gling in the regular season.

“We did the McLean piece
before the end of the season and,
of course everybody hated the
Canucks then,” Green recalls.
Sales were slow.

But since the Canucks’ recent
success in the play-offs, things
have turned around.

The McLean portrait is a limit-
ed edition run of only 351 prints,
being sold for $299 each, and 35
artist proofs (signed by Green and
McLean) that go for $400 each.

The former Carson Graham

NEWS photo Paul McGrath

NORTH VANCOUVER'S Glen Green has made a living painting
sports figures. He hopes his latest subject wins the MVP.

and Hamilton student merged
two of his life interests ~ sports
and art — early on, and has been
painting sports figures for 13
years, He Brew up playing hock-
ey, football, baseball and golf.
Green started by painting a
couple of ads for the company

and has never looked back.

Now, he commands big bucks
for his works. He has done paint-
ings of athletes for private cus-
tomers and charged in the
$5,000-6,500 range.

See Portraits page 24

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