On January 11, 2010, The Daily Mail ran a piece about Sly’s paintings. Here are some highlights:
The action hero has painted since before he made his name in Rocky and Rambo, but has only started to earn recognition for his work in recent years.
Stallone has seen his work exhibited and even had two pieces snapped up by ‘super collector’ Steve Wynn for $90,000.
‘I think there’s always been a stigma attached to being a hyphenate – artist-singer, artist-actor,’ he said. ‘It came early, early on in my career.’
One of his acclaimed paintings is “Death of a Friend… a very personal expression of grief.”
‘That was my manager,’ he said. Her name was Jane Oliver. She basically found me when I was just a struggling actor and nobody believed in me.
‘And then just as I made it in Rocky, she gets cancer and dies. I went into this real dark place. That’s what painting was about. It was like a conveyor belt just taking my heart away.’
To read the full piece, and every Stallone fan should, just click here.