ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
PAUL JENNIS
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As the cover artist of our third Beckett Baseball Artist Spotlight issue, Paul Jennis took about seven weeks of his alreadybusy schedule to produce an original piece of art for this issue.
“I worked on it pretty much every day,” he says.
The result is a striking portrait of Jackie Robinson that balances the legend’s intense pride with an approachable look he often carried, and that the artist wanted to convey. “He goes beyond baseball,” Jennis says. “It’s more than just his contributions to the game. It’s about his contributions to society and how that led to some important changes.”