When Foley first appeared in the WWF in 1996, he debuted the persona known as Mankind, an eerie, masochist, mentally deranged lunatic who was masked and spent his spare time dwelling in mechanical rooms. His main persona during his time in WCW and ECW from 1991 to 1996 was Cactus Jack, a bloodthirsty and uncompromisingly physical brawler from Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, who wore cowboy boots and often used sharp metallic objects, such as barbed wire, thumbtacks, and trashcans. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2013.įoley has wrestled under his real name and various personas. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers in the history of WWE, and participated in the main event of WrestleMania in 19 (as a special guest referee in the former).
įoley worked for many wrestling promotions, including the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), as well as numerous promotions in Japan. He is currently signed to WWE under the company's Legends program, acting as a company ambassador.
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Michael Francis Foley (born June 7, 1965) is an American actor, author, retired professional wrestler, and color commentator. My inspiration mostly comes from those artists who use bright, bold colours and mixed media within their pieces, such as ink, paint, markers, paint pens and collage.Truth or Consequences, New Mexico (Cactus Jack and Dude Love) Some of my inspirations include Frida Kahlo, Wassily Kandinsky, Vincent Van Gogh and Pablo Picasso, as well as many modern artists, including Anya Brock, Jessie Breakwell and Grotti Lotti. I realised how much I love teaching art, and I found that the students in my class were equally excited about creating beautiful masterpieces that expressed their own unique style.īecause I have such a passion for art, I decided to bring Quirky Cactus to life to give students the opportunity to discover their own love of the arts and develop a lifelong journey within the arts.
I was teaching in a country town in the north of Western Australia and after several years of classroom teaching, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to teach visual art. I am a primary school teacher and a primary visual art specialist with over ten years teaching experience. Parents/Caregivers of children may not stay during the lesson, this is in the best interests of the child and the class. Students are provided with an apron for the lesson, they just need to bring a water bottle and a small snack for the half time break. Different mediums are used, depending on the style of art, including bright ink, watercolour paint, acrylic paint, markers, paint pens, handcrafted paper for collage, watercolour pencils, crayons, oil pastels and chalk pastels.Ĭlasses are strictly for 6-16 year olds. Students do not copy the work created by the artist, they use it as inspiration to hopefully create something quite different, reflecting their own personal style and individuality. With guidance, and through step by step detailed instructions, students work on creating their own masterpiece inspired by the focus artist or particular style of art. Within each lesson, students observe art and discuss the features, talking about the colours used, the shapes, lines, textures. Some of the influential artists used for inspiration within lessons include Joan Blond, Anya Brock, and Grotti Lotti just to name a few- please click on the links to see some of their work and to find out more about these influentual artists. A well-known artist or a particular style of art is the inspiration for each lesson at Quirky Cactus.