Every year around WrestleMania time, I do a painting of one of the big,
great rivalries happening around this season.
And so, of course, I knew this year I was going to do Edge versus Randy Orton.
This is the one that's top of mind for me and
I'm sure for so many people in the WWE universe everywhere.
Such a dramatic return for Edge and
such a bitter betrayal by Randy from Edge's point of view.
From Randy's point of view he was doing something to help out his friend
from rainy zone, I guess worked twisted perspective.
This was obviously a fairy personal rivalry between these two,
it's personal for me as well.
I know weird to make the thing about me but I've been working with Randy from my
very first day with a company, we have a unique relationship.
I don't know that anyone can really truly say that they're a friend with Randy but,
we have a very, yeah, a good working relationship.
And Edge Adams, I met him
about a year after he stopped full time competing in the ring.
And we stayed in touch and he and Beth actually,
they decorated their home gym with my prints.
And we have stayed in touch periodically over the years.
And to see the two of them now so fiercely competing
with one another coming into WrestleMania.
Yeah, I know I'm on the edge of my seat and I'm sure everyone else is as well.
I think both Edge and Randy Orton have a lot to prove.
And that's match, the Edge has to prove, yes,
I really I'm ready to come back and not just come back but to succeed, to win.
And Randy, who did something so
vicious to Edge has to prove that Randy was right.
That wasn't ready because otherwise,
I don't know that you can come back from that, right?
Maybe if Randy does win, and says something to Edge like,
no, really, I was doing you a favor with that.
But I think that if he doesn't win, how do you come back from that?
Only time will tell.
It'll be very fascinating to see.
Recently I've been adding a new technique to what I do with hatching with color.
Traditionally an illustration you would hatch with any, but
I'm using acrylic paint to hatch on top of watercolors that I've already put down.
And continuing to find ways to push it even further.
Whether is like cross hatching, or
if things I'm doing in the background
with this is a wild virally grudge
that's going on between those two.
And so with this I want a wild spiraling energy both through the background and
the strokes that I'm dealing with trying to get that wild man in energy all
throughout.
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