Charcoal Still Life by Steven A. Mullins, 9th Grade, Art I
Back on January 9, I posted a tribute to my life-long artist friend who passed away. I have pasted the link to that blog below:
When I posted it, I looked in vain for some of his work and photos I had of him, to no avail. Well, last night I finally came across this photo taken of a charcoal drawing on newsprint paper that he created as a ninth-grade Art I student at Northwest High School in House Springs, Missouri. This drawing (measuring about 22 x 28″) won multiple awards and catapulted him to the top ranks of high school art students while only a freshman. He would only get better.
I won’t repeat all that I said in the earlier blog. The link is above. But I wanted to post a pastel portrait created of him by one of our Six Flags artists (Steve and I worked the last two summers of our high school at Six Flags Over Mid America, in the potrait drawing studio):
Pastel Portrait of Steve by artist Mattie Ruell
And finally, a photo I took (with a cheap Kodak camera) of Steve playing my 12-string guitar at a college gathering.
Steve Playing Guitar at College
It’s been nearly three months. I still miss him.
Thanks for reading.
