Rio Olympics: A Watery Lunge

Using the canoe version of a bike throw for the line, or a sprinter's lean in, Iuri Cheban (Ukraine) forced his canoe forward to claim the Gold Medal in the Men's Canoe Single 200 Meters.  He did get the medal, but he did end up in the bay in the bargain.  Next to him, looking over with bemusement was the Azerbaijani, Valentin Demyanenko.  Demyanenko claimed silver and managed to stay rather dry, as well.  The other medalist (Bronze) to literally take a dive was the home team Brazilian, Isauias Queiroz Dos Santos.  For the record everyone else stayed in their canoes and out of the bay.

This is a small watercolors and ink painting measuring just 4"x6" and was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.richesonart.com.  This painting and all of my Olympics artwork will be available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  To purchase this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post.  Remember this is an original work of art, so once it has been sold, it is gone.  Don't delay buy it now!

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Rio Olympics: Untitled

Occasionally I get so wrapped up in the excitement of the sporing event that I forget to title or some times even sign the painting.  Ironically, it was Ladislav Skantar (Slovakia) and his brother's, Peter Skantar countryman, Peter Sagan, who painting I last forgot to sign and title.  The Skantar brothers are in the process of winning Gold in the Men's Canoe Double with a flawless run through the white water course in Brazil.

This is a small watercolors and ink painting measuring just 4"x6" and was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.richesonart.com.  This painting and all of my Olympics artwork will be available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  To purchase this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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Rio Olympics: Truly Hard

Admittedly, all of the sports in the Olympics are hard.  That is part of the reason we enjoy watching them so much.  For the Americans Devin McEwan and Casey Erchfeld it was hard in more than one interpretation of the word.  The duo made it into the medal run only to have a truly tough run, racking up eight penalties (for touching the gate markers).  While they posted the first best time, it was only because they were the first team to take on the 24 gate course in the white water course.

This is a small watercolors and ink painting measuring just 4"x6" and was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.richesonart.com.  This painting and all of my Olympics artwork will be available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  To purchase this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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Rio Olympics: Paddling Upstream

The red gates in the Canoe/Kayak slalom must be gone through by paddling upstream (green gates are down stream gates.  Takuya Haneda (Japan) powered his way through this gate on his way to what eventually became a Bronze Medal in the C-1 Slalom.

This is a small watercolors and ink painting measuring just 4"x6" and was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors and Steve Quiller brushes from www.richesonart.com.  This painting and all of my Olympics artwork will be available through my artist website at www.greigleach.com.  To purchase this particular painting just follow the direct link at the end of this post.

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