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Miami Heat & Dwyane Wade Collage by Erika King, at Icon Art Images Gallery
February - March 2009
Art producer Cash McMahon of Icon Art Images Gallery is featuring the Miami Heat & Dwyane Wade collage artworks of Erika King in a sports art exhibition. Ms. King’s “Dwyane Wade MVP” collage captures “Flash” with his stunning action photos that he has become famous for in leading the Miami Heat to a NBA Championship. The artwork of “Miami Heat 2006 NBA Championship” features all the magic moments during the NBA Finals versus the Dallas Mavericks, as well as the team hoisting the winning NBA Championship trophy as seen in the front pages of the Miami Herald. The action images include Finals MVP Dwyane Wade scoring the winning basket with 3.7 seconds remaining in a game; Alonzo Mourning and Udonis Haslem putting up huge defensive stops. This NBA licensed artwork also displays the official NBA, Miami Heat, NBA Finals and Miami Heat Championship logos in the collages.
Erika King is a collage artist, who features her distinctive style of using colorful acrylic paint strokes, which connect photographic images, to illustrate a compelling visual story. Her exhibition includes collages of Dan Marino, Michael Phelps, Arnold Palmer and a fine art icon series. Her work has been exhibited throughout Europe and the Americas.
The Muhammad Ali exhibition features artist Ferdie Pacheco “The Fight Doctor” exhibiting both his Muhammad Ali paintings and his deftly-designed, intensely-colored pieces of abstract conceptions reflective of his rich life experiences. His wife Luisita, noted Flamenco artist and photographer, is also showing her photographs of the young Muhammad Ali from his days in Miami. Sculptor Bill Toma features his bronze of Muhammad Ali “The Greatest of All Time.” The sculpture is 28″ high with the official Muhammad Ali hand signature etched into the bronze base. The Bill Toma exhibition will also include his works on wildlife, Renaissance harlequins, nudes and fantasy art. Gary Longordo is exhibiting eight original paintings of Muhammad Ali that include hand signatures of Muhammad Ali.
Kirk Maggio’s original oil paintings on exhibit include Dwyane Wade, Shaquille O’Neal and Jeanette “The Black Widow” Lee.
Icon Art Images Gallery / Studio 147 NW 36th Street, Miami, FL 33127 Phone 305-606-5157
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