Charlotte Observer · Feb 8, 2019
Panthers coach Ron Rivera says he must evolve — and that the process has started
Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera really wanted to buy a painting last week in Atlanta.
He met with the artist, Steve Penley, at Penley’s gallery as Super Bowl festivities swallowed the city. Penley’s style features re-imaginings of the portraits of famous historic figures under swaths of vivid rainbow colors in broad brush strokes. The one Rivera wanted incorporated the bust from a well-known 1940s photo of Winston Churchill, easily as tall as Rivera himself and about 10 feet long, covered in bright streaks of color.