Category: The Artistic Canvas

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...

Q&A with monster, movie and pro wrestling artist Josh Ryals

Posted by Christopher Annino | Jul 19, 2021 | Interviews, The Artistic Canvas

Josh Ryals began drawing around the same age people learn to walk. His father was a helicopter...

Winningham re-releases Friday Night in the Coliseum photo book

Posted by Jamie Hemmings | Jul 31, 2020 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, The Artistic Canvas

There’s no greater joy for fans of pro wrestling books than when a book that has been long...

Jim Hutchison: From headlocks to chainsaw-carving

Posted by Mark Chetcuti | Mar 15, 2020 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, The Artistic Canvas

James Hutchinson is a chainsaw-carving, horse-training, country-living grizzled veteran. Though...

Meet the tattoo artist who brought The Fiend to life

Posted by Kari Williams | Jan 20, 2020 | Interviews, The Artistic Canvas

The slow, direct “biblical grandiose” of Bray Wyatt as he emerged on WWE programming...

Artist seeks credit for Bone Soldier mask

Posted by John Powell | May 31, 2019 | Interviews, The Artistic Canvas

A mask maker, special effects artist from Massachusetts is claiming his original art work was used...

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