Artist of the Year, United States Sports Academy, Daphne, Alabama. 1987:Completes “Fastbreak”, commission for National Basketball Association and the Los Angeles Lakers. 1988:Completes “The Metamorphosis of Rocky”, commission for Sylvester Stallone, Los Angeles. Honoree, Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles, California. 1990:Receives honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts Degree, North Carolina Central University. Solo exhibition, The Beauty of the Ghetto, Grand Central Art Galleries, New York. 1992:Completes “Meeting the Challenge”, commission by Robert E. Brennan for Seton Hall University, New Jersey. Completes “A Dream Confirmed”, commission for St. Benedict's Prep School, Newark, New Jersey. “Growth Through Limits” serves as inspirational billboard, Los Angeles, California. 1993:Named to the All-Time Black College Football Team, by Sheridan Black Network. Private commissions (5) 1995:Completes autobiography, “From Pads to Palette”. Group traveling exhibition: 20th Century Masterworks of African-American Artists. Contributions To Humanity award, United Negro College Fund. Private commissions (8). 1996:Completes “Victory In Overtime”, commission by Jerry Richardson for the Carolina Panthers football team. Completes “A Dream Unfolds”, commission for National Basketball Association commemorating their 50th anniversary. Private commissions (5). Receives Treasure of Los Angeles award, Central City Association. 1998:“The Advocate” donated by Donna Arnold to North Carolina Central University School of Law. Begins paintings for traveling exhibition, Visual Poem of Human Experience. Private commissions (6).1999:Private commissions (2). Continues to work on paintings for traveling exhibition, Visual Poems of Human Experience (The Company of Art, Chronology 1999). ...
