Category: The Artistic Canvas

Attila Khan’s journey from combat to canvas x2

Posted by Adam Bazzana | May 7, 2024 | Interviews, The Artistic Canvas

Veteran of Desert Storm. Police Officer. Detective. Artist. Wrestler. That may sound like five...

Rob Schamberger is (not exclusively) All Elite

Posted by Kari Williams | Apr 29, 2024 | Interviews, The Artistic Canvas

After more than 10 years with WWE, Rob Schamberger resigned his post as the company’s artist in...

‘A few more crosses to burn’: A KKK threat to Tiger Flowers Johnstone

Posted by Steven Johnson | Feb 21, 2024 | Classics, Interviews, The Artistic Canvas

During Black History Month, it’s worth telling how forgotten Black wrestler Tiger Flowers Johnstone is more than just a museum piece.

Mat Matters: Goodbye to Marshall Ward, 1971-2023

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 12, 2023 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries, Opinion, The Artistic Canvas

Marshall Ward was one of the most creative people that I have ever met in my life. Painter,...

Wrestler El Loco D. Clown/artist Winston Jordan dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 19, 2023 | Obituaries, The Artistic Canvas

It’s been more than a week since Winston Jordan, who wrestled as El Loco D. Clown, died. The...

George Gordienko finally has his day with great biography

Posted by Cory Santos | Dec 20, 2022 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, The Artistic Canvas

George Gordienko might very well be the greatest wrestler you have never heard of. As an American...

Stampede legend Gil Hayes dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 31, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, News, Obituaries, The Artistic Canvas

Gil Hayes, a hated villain from the Stampede Wrestling circuit, died on July 28, from a massive...

Famed lucha photographer Lourdes Grobet dies

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 17, 2022 | Obituaries, The Artistic Canvas

There are photographers, and then there is Lourdes Grobet, perhaps the greatest lucha libre...

BC police on hunt for stolen Gordienko art

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 28, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, News, The Artistic Canvas

Just days after SlamWrestling.net ran a piece about wrestler-turned-artist George Gordienko comes...

Gordienko was destined to be an artist

Posted by Steven Verrier | Apr 25, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Gary Howard Memorial Library, The Artistic Canvas

As great a wrestler as George Gordienko was, there probably wasn’t a time in his life, from...

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