"FROM PADS TO PALETTE"

1995 autobiography by Ernie Barnes

$29.95

 

Ernie Barnes writes of his childhood during the Jim Crow era, living in "the bottom" of Durham, North Carolina; through his professional football career in the early 1960s; to his debut solo exhibition as an artist at a prestigious Manhattan gallery.

The 96-page hardcover book features 22 full-page, color photos of original art and 52 photos of studies from his personal sketchbooks.

On the back cover, then-NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue wrote: "Ernie Barnes is an excellent example to our current players that there is life after football.  We in the NFL family are pleased that Ernie is recognized as one of the leading artists of our day."