In 2012, artist, illustrator and cartoonist John Spooner produced this image for the cover of The Footy Almanac 2012:
It is a water colour on white paper 270mm x 370mm which, with a border and frame will look superb in any study, office or pool room.
The original is up for auction. If you are interested contact Ned.
Current bid: $600
Prints are also available (unframed). Larger than the original. $95 each.
What a beauty that is.
Spooner – you have been a part of my growing up, reading The Age over breakfast (usually Thursdays (for the Green Guide) and Saturdays as a kid). I remember well a caricature of AR Border from the 1989 Ashes tour. He was playing a square drive, with not a bat, but an axe. I think the axe was glinting at the top of the follow-through.
This one of A Goodes somehow conveys his status and carriage, his athleticism and grace.
Just superb.