Incarcerated since 2005, Clifford Etienne is the former heavyweight boxer known as 'The Black Rhino'. He was born and raised in south Louisiana. A rough childhood and a complex set of bad breaks resulted in his incarceration in Angola, LA. Now, he has picked up his brushes and returned to his painting, through which he reveals his emotional and humorous interpretations of life. His work celebrates cultural tradition in New Orleans, where his mom grew up in the St. Bernard Project, and around the Louisiana countryside. He is working on a...more
