On March 20, 2010, The Lancaster Eagle Gazette posted an article called Artist’s Abstract Catches Eye of Action Star Stallone. Sly was a judge in an art contest at the Arnold Sports Festival and a piece by Robert Wright really caught his eye. Later Wright learned that he had won the “Sylvester Stallone Choice Award” and would be a personal guest of Sly’s at a VIP luncheon. Things even got better when Wright learned that Sly wanted to buy the painting!
Here are a few of Wright’s comments about meeting Sly:
“I was surprised. I thought he would be this ego-driven monster, but that wasn’t the case at all,” Wright said. “He was very humble and seemed to be embarrassed by all the publicity.”
“He asked how much the painting was and I told him and he was shocked and said, ‘That’s all?… I thought, you know, I could charge him $8,000 instead [of $800], but I’m not going to cheat someone just because they’re a celebrity.”
That’s a photo of the painting Sly bought below and you can read the full article by clicking here.
