looks like they ’ re waiting ,” Robichau says . “ And so I titled it , ‘ The Wait is Over .’” Another of his more complex works is “ Super Bowl 50 ,” which was commissioned by the NFL to celebrate a half-century of the franchise ’ s annual championship game . Robichau says he had only 77 days to complete the work , including choosing photos for each of the 50 Super Bowls and the faces of 43 Super Bowl MVPs . “ If I was just doing some random person , there ' s no judgment as to how accurate it looks ,” he says . “ But when you ' re doing somebody that ' s incredibly famous , like Aaron Rodgers or Joe Namath , and everybody knows what they look like , you ’ ve got to get it right on .”
Robichau first drew baseball trading cards as a kid . He didn ’ t study art formally , he says , and most of what he learned was during high school , during which time he practiced a lot and won multiple art competitions . He graduated with a degree in business from Lamar University in Beaumont and initially built his reputation as an artist through charitable donations , including his work , “ Aggies Never Quit .” It features Texas A & M University wide receiver Kendricks
Rogers Jr . catching the ball during the famed 2018 game against Louisiana State University that went into seven overtimes . The original painting was auctioned off at a Countdown to Kickoff charity dinner for the 12th Man Foundation . “ It set the record for the highest-selling item ever ,” Robichau says . “ For me , there ’ s no point in doing something , if you ’ re not going to help other people as well ,” the Christian artist says . “ One of my proudest accomplishments is how much my work has raised for other people .”
Robichau ’ s favorite sports icon to paint is Muhammed Ali . Ten of Robichau ’ s paintings of the famous boxer have been auctioned off at the annual Celebrity Fight Night event , one of the nation ’ s largest-grossing charitable events presented in honor of Ali . “ He ' s so powerful ,” Robichau says , “ but there ' s also a beauty to him . He always said he was so pretty , you know ? So humble in that regard ,” Robichau continues , “ There are so many great photos of him and so many more that I want to paint .”
Ali is featured three times in “ The Art of Sport ” gallery show , including “ Get up !” — a work that combines three canvases to make one image of Ali standing over his knocked-down opponent , Sonny
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