Sly’s X-Ray Post

Craig / / 2010, Expendables

I knew that when Sly sent us his x-rays in to silence the doubters, that the post would get a lot of attention.  Here are a few places it was picked up:

Sly Opens Up

Craig / / 2010, Sly's Art

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.

Sly Checks In

Craig / / 2010, Celebs, Expendables

Sly has been following some of the discussions on the message boards and wanted to set the record straight:

Dear Craig,

For the doubters and the haters, a picture is worth a thousand words. You
walk the walk, you pay a price. But, as bad as it was at least we have it on
film.

Keep punchin’
Sly


P.S. To the haters, I don’t need to invent pain, there’s enough of it out
there to go around.

P.S.S. The reason I was never seen in a neck brace is because I stayed home
for three weeks to heal.

P.S.S.S. Van Damme may mean a great deal to some of you, but what he’s
putting forth is not truthful.

So there you have it, SZoners.  Don’t waste your time arguing with the doubters and the haters.  – Craig

Treece’s “Machine Gun” Joe

Craig / / 2010, Craig's Sly Art

This week we have Jeremy Treece’s take on Sly as “Machine Gun” Joe from “Death Race 2000”.  This sketchcard was gifted to me by a StalloneZone fan [LittleJohn312] and arrived in my mail unannounced.  I really like what Jeremy did and hope to get more work from him in the future. Jeremy does a live Ustream artcast which you can learn more about here.  You can also see more of his art here.

Thanks to LittleJohn312 and Jeremy for a great surprise!