Renowned Boston artist Paul Goodnight has a distinguished history of creating works of art for international sporting events. Goodnight created works for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. But Goodnight’s work extends beyond the Olympic realm. He also created a poster for the 1998 World Cup in France. Not a bad resume. Add to this the 1997 U.S. Sports Academy Artist of the Year Award, works included in television and film features, and countless other impressive accomplishments and accolades, and you’ll soon come to the conclusion that Goodnight is just showing off. I kid, Mr. Goodnight.
Once again, Goodnight is using his artistic skills to add dimension to a World Cup. His work is included in the 2010 Fine Art Project, an official 2010 World Cup collaboration that brings together a range of artists from around the world to create works inspired by Africa’s first World Cup.
Goodnight’s contribution to the 2010 Fine Art Collection (shown above) is a painting called “The Network”. This piece is drawn from a broader set of incredible working drawings (below) that are now for sale.
Check out “The Network” and pieces from other artists here. As a side note, my work was not included in the 2010 Fine Art Project because apparently “stick figures” are not representative of fine art. Maybe I’m biased, but I believe that my stick figures are indeed “fine”.
