CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Robert McClain was sitting at his locker on Thursday when Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton randomly stopped to look at the cornerback’s artwork.
Yes, artwork.
McClain brought three of his abstract paintings to Bank of America Stadium and set up a small studio in the adjacent locker that belonged to Bene’ Benwikere before he was released three weeks ago.
Newton was intrigued by the painting that featured the silhouette of a woman with red rain-like streams of water pouring over her. So the NFL MVP asked McClain how much he wanted for it.