Richard T. Slone is a self-taughtartist residing in the United States. He was born in 1974 in Newton-in-Furness, Lancashire, a northern English town.[citation needed] His work has been commissioned and purchased by many global celebrities, as well as used for large scale events all over the world.[1]
Slone's art has become popular with collectors including Donald Trump, Hugh Hefner, Glenn Schaeffer, Muhammad Ali and Nelson Mandela.[citation needed] His work has been on the covers of magazines, including the Ring Magazine, KO Magazine and World Boxing Magazine. His work has been used by many companies and advertising agencies, including Everlast. He is the official artist of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. In 2007 Slone's artwork was used by the Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC to create a clothing line named 'Ultimate'.
Slone has painted portraits of people including Nelson Mandela, Hugh Hefner, Donald Trump and Lennox Lewis. He has also painted fighters from the UFC, including a landscape of Chuck Liddell entitled 'The Iceman Cometh', and a landscape of Andrei Arlovski vs. Paul Buentello, which was originally painted as two separate portraits but pieced together and made into an official licensed UFC poster.[citation needed]
Biography
Early life
Slone is the son of a blacksmith, and he grew up in a farming village in Cumbria, England. He spent his formative years roaming the countryside where his lifelong love of art was born. He left home at the age of 16 to pursue an offer to become a boxer under the guidance of the boxer,Joe Frazier, who guided his boxing career until Slone's love for art motivated him to pivot to painting.[1]
2005 - Present Day
In 2005 international art investors bought an entire series of Slone originals. The interest and demand in his art in recent years has been phenomenal, the Art company was formed in 2005 and two art dealers were brought in to cater to Slone's rapidly growing clientele.
Slone paints with great detail, bold colors and often uses Acrylic and Enamels.
In 2007 Foxwoods Casino and Resort commissioned Slone to paint their 100th boxing event. Slone also signed a multi-year deal with National Geographic/Hampton Brown who will publish some of his work.
In 2010 Slone was selected to paint the Official artwork for Bafana Bafana, the South African football team for the 2010 Fifa World Cup.
His artwork has been used on the official posters and programs for most major boxing events in the last 15 years, including Mayweather vs Pacquiao, Canelo vs Golovkin and Mayweather vs McGregor.
