{"id":4210,"date":"2012-11-10T14:33:31","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T19:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/?p=4210"},"modified":"2012-11-10T14:33:31","modified_gmt":"2012-11-10T19:33:31","slug":"icons-of-wrestling-art-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/w4210\/icons-of-wrestling-art-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Icons of Wrestling Art Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dan Gable and Tom Brands visit the McNutt studio, story by Mark Carlson, KCRG TV\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/40705884?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shop.artofwrestlingicons.com\/\"target=\"_blank\">Icons of Wrestling Art Project<\/a> is a series of 7 paintings created by sports artist Jeff McNutt. Each painting is created in color and composition based on interviews with each wrestler. These are amazing pieces of art ones that I&#8217;d love to have on my wall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/brands.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"650\" height=\"653\" data-attachment-id=\"4211\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/w4210\/icons-of-wrestling-art-project\/brands\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/brands.jpeg?fit=650%2C653&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"650,653\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wrestling Art\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/brands.jpeg?fit=650%2C653&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4211\"title=\"Wrestling Art\"src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/brands.jpeg?resize=650%2C653&#038;ssl=1\"alt=\"\"width=\"520\"height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/brands.jpeg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/brands.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/brands.jpeg?resize=298%2C300&amp;ssl=1 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;BRANDS USA 1996&#8243;\u009d, by artists Jeff McNutt &amp; Chad Beatty, is about dominating an opponent and leaving it all on the mat. In the end, this painting expresses the pinnacle of Tom Brand&#8217;s training and wrestling career by winning the Olympic Gold Medal in 1996. Tom shared with me&#8221;I expected to win. When it was over, it was very gratifying. Winning the gold medal was what I set out to do.&#8221;\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Icons of Wrestling Art Project is a series of 7 paintings created by sports artist Jeff McNutt. Each painting is created in color and composition based on interviews with each wrestler. 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