| Artist to mark 60th
reunion with gift painting |
 Artist
William T. Zivic plans to donate one of his original
paintings to his alma mater, Luther L. Wright High School.
Zivic, an Ironwood native and 1948 graduate, lives in Casa
Grande, Ariz.
In "Open Range," a 24-by-36-inch acrylic, Zivic has painted
the letters "IHS 48" and 10 hidden images, a "little touch
to make it personal for the school," he wrote in a letter to
an Ironwood friend, Rod Stockhaus.
Zivic served in the U.S. Army in Korea and Germany in the
1950s. He worked in the Geneva Mine. After the mines closed,
Zivic and his wife, the former Carol Engebretsen, moved to
Tucson, Ariz.
Zivic worked as a police officer, then detective, then
police sketch artist. Eventually, he quit the police force
and opened an art gallery.
Over the years, he painted commissioned portraits of
entertainment stars such as Bob Hope, Elvis Presley and John
Wayne. His artwork is in private collections around the
world. Stockhaus, who wrote about Zivic for the Globe's
Senior Sentinel last summer, said his friend has never
forgotten his roots, despite his fame as an artist. Zivic
returned to Ironwood last summer for a class reunion. He
decided to give a painting to the school. The Zivics hope to
be in Ironwood again in July for the artist's 60th class
reunion.
Ironwood Daily Globe
April 10, 2008
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