Sweetpea Original Art Painting

July 17th, 2019028 PORTSMOUTH Ken Wright  is now an artist in residence at the D’Art Studio in Norfolk off Boush Street.  In 1984, he was the chief illustrator for the News Department at the Virginian Pilot  and the first African-American to do so. Pernell “Sweetpea” Whitaker had  just won the gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles...