The American Sport Art Museum & Archives (ASAMA) received a pair of original works by painters Joseph Sheppard and James Peterson that are now a permanent part of the collection on the campus of the United States Sports Academy.
Academy President Dr. T.J. Rosandich, Trustee Susan McCollough and Art Committee Chair Nancy Raia pose in front of the Joseph Sheppard original oil painting “After the Workout.”
Sheppard donated “After the Workout”, an original, 60×60 inch framed oil painting depicting a boxer resting by his locker after a tough workout. The piece complements another Sheppard original in the museum, “The Fighter,” which depicts a boxer in his corner between rounds of a bout. Sheppard, known as one of the great contemporary masters of figurative art in the realist tradition, was honored as the Academy’s 2015 Sport Artist of the Year.
Peterson is a contemporary portrait artist originally from Milwaukee, Wisc. His original 60×48 portrait of NBA Hall of Fame player Alex English is autographed by both the athlete and the artist. Peterson paints larger-than-life portraits of inspirational athletes and entertainers. As part of that series, Peterson created two unique portraits of each subject, gifting on to the athlete and keeping the other signed original, or in this case, donating it.
Both pieces are now on permanent display at ASAMA, which was founded in 1984 and is dedicated to the preservation of sports art, history, and literature. The ASAMA collection is composed of more than 1,800 works of sport art across a variety of media, including paintings, sculptures, assemblages, prints and photographs. The museum is open free to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. For more information, go to www.asama.org.
