Jackie Joyner Kersee Canvas Print

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Realistic acrylic painting of the retired American athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women's heptathlon as well as in the women's long jump, Jackie Joyner Kersee, painted by the Dutch fine artist Paul Meijering - the Original painting is 90 x 90 cm and for sale

For almost 33 years now, Paul Meijering has been active with the paint brushes. As a 17- year old inspired youngster he joined the Academy of Arts in Enschede (Holland) in order to receive a native training in drawing- and painting technique. At that time (1980) the tendency of the abstract was running riot, and to his dismay and disappointment Paul found that the trade of the ancient masters was merely 'old hat', the realistic art being disregarded and looked down upon. After two years of useless botchery, there was only one conclusion to draw: "get autodidact, be a self-taught person!" Paul then left the academy to work for a living, but at the back of his mind there always loomed the passion of his life: to paint. At his spare time...