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Rowdy Roddy Piper: A tribute (part two)
For part one, please click here.Rowdy Roddy Piper once said he "was rowdy before rowdy was cool." Truer words were never spoken.As a pup, I was fascinated by the man who made life miserable for WWE/WWF...
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Finn Balor: The Demon Prince
Best known internationally as Prince Devitt, Fergal Devitt - now known as Finn Balor (the Demon Prince), has taken the WWE's developmental (though I believe it's anything but"developmental")...
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Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Alvarez in watercolor and ink
On Saturday, Nov.21, THE RING magazine and WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto will face Saul "Canelo" Alvarez at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino Events Center in a highly-anticipated championship...
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Superman in gouache (when he shouldn't have been!)
So I had a Superman piece brewing upstairs one day and I figured, I'm gonna knock out something new and different by doing something retro and familiar. These days, the mythos of the "Last Son of...
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Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney in graphite!
No matter what, one of the greatest, most fun things about creating art is the ability to give it freely to someone you care about.Luckily, I got that chance as my nephew (by marriage), Zack Van Dyke -...
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Jerry Fredricksen, Lori Van Dyke and something entirely new
Apologies for the gulf between posts! Just been a whole lot of non-artsy work that took priority but I promised myself that art gifts would be given to to my family as well as my wife's family this...
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Mari Loves Lucy
In the spirit of my last blog post, this is the second in a series of gift portraits to family members (to be specific, my wife Tracy's sister and her kids, comprised of a new (to me) method involving...
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A 'Drink and Draw' ink sketch of Spider-Man
Sketchbook Chronicles No. 5: I know it's been a long time but, I figured, between larger portrait projects, I'd knock out some light-comicky stuff. Here's my latest entry in the "Sketchbook...
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The completed 'Drink and Draw' ink sketch of Spider-Man (in color!)
As I promised in my last blog post, I threw a little color in my recent "Sketchbook Chronicles" piece (No. 5!), an ink study of Spider-Man (done during the Coyote Clan's weekly "Drink and Draw"!)....
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Hagler-Hearns: 'The War' - Part one
On April 15, 1985 (my dad's 35th birthday and four days before my 14th), undisputed middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler ventured into Las Vegas, Nevada to meet the challenge of WBC junior...
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Hagler-Hearns: 'The War' - Part two
As you saw in my last blog post, I was working on a commission for a good friend of mine that depicts a famous scene from the April 15, 1985 bout between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas "Hitman"...
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Same GGG time! Same Chocolatito channel!
Ever since IBF/WBA (and WBC interim) middleweight (160 pounds) champion Gennady Golovkin started bringing along his little buddy, THE RING magazine/WBC flyweight (112 pounds) champion Roman Gonzalez,...
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Bat-Gennady and Roman the Boy Wonder! (In color!)
In our last pulse-pounding episode, we saw our heroes, IBF/WBA and WBC interim middleweight champ Gennady Golovkin and THE RING magazine/WBC flyweight champion Roman Gonzalez rendered, comic book-style...
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Denny Moyer in acrylic
Former undisputed junior middleweight champion Denny Moyer, acrylic paint on 12" X 16" canvas panelI didn't realize until yesterday, when I was talking to my UCNLive.com co-worker Bill Tibbs, that I...
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Christian Kane as Captain Marvel (Shazam)
Sketchbook Chronicles No. 6: Christian Kane as Captain Marvel (Shazam), Micron pen and Pentel Pocket Brush Pen on sketch paper, July 2016, by Coyote DuranSketchbook Chronicles No. 6: Sometimes, if I'm...
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Manny Pacquiao: Part one...The pencil stage
The start of my latest Manny Pacquiao painting. (Pencils on 11" X 14" cold press watercolor paper.) NEXT: watercolor paint and ink!So, currently, I have a couple of art projects in various stages...
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Welcome back, Manny Pacquiao (in watercolor and ink!)
Manny Pacquiao, 11" X 14" watercolor and ink on cold press paper by Coyote DuranLast time on the The Coyote Duran Show (that has a nice ring; doesn't it?), I shared what started as a Periscope...
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The Four Kings of Boxing: Part one
The Four Kings of Boxing, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns, 2h graphite layout on 18" X 24" stretched canvas to be finished in acrylic paint. Boxing...
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Bobby Chacon: Nov. 28, 1951-Sept. 7, 2016
Two-division boxing champion Bobby "Schoolboy" Chacon, ink on sketch paper by Coyote DuranSketchbook Chronicles No. 7: On Wednesday, Sept. 7, the boxing world learned that one of its own, former...
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Duran-Leonard I: 'The Brawl in Montreal' - Part one
Roberto Duran vs Sugar Ray Leonard I: "The Brawl in Montreal." Graphite (2H) on cold press watercolor paper, prior to watercolor paint and ink, 10" X 13", art commission by Coyote DuranIt was actually...
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Duran-Leonard I: 'The Brawl in Montreal' - Part two
Roberto Duran vs Sugar Ray Leonard I: "The Brawl in Montreal." Watercolor paint and ink on 10" X 13" cold press paper. Art commission by Coyote DuranWhen we last tuned in, then-undefeated WBC...
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Shannon Briggs as Luke Cage/Power Man
Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs as Luke Cage: Power Man, Sketchbook Chronicles No. 8, ink, watercolor paint and Copic art marker on sketch paper. Art by Coyote Duran.A couple of years ago, I decided to...
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Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., 11" X 14", watercolor and acrylic paint on cold press paper. Art by Coyote Duran.When the 164.5 pound catchweight battle between THE RING Magazine...
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Larry Holmes vs. Mike Weaver I
Larry Holmes vs. Mike Weaver I, 14" X 17", Prismacolor Ebony Pencil (Graphite) on Bristol Board. Art by Coyote Duran.Hey, I'm back, Howlers! ( I know; I know. Who cares? Just bear with me...) It's been...
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The Four Kings of Boxing: Part two (Or Coyote Duran invades Las Vegas...kind of)
The Four Kings of Boxing (Clockwise): Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns and Marvelous Marvin Hagler, 18" X 24", Acrylic paint on stretched canvas. Art by Coyote Duran.It's been a...
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