July 22, 2012
Gene Locklear played professional baseball from 1969 until 1977. He started in the farm league for the Cincinnati Reds, and later played in the Major Leagues for the Reds, San Diego Padres, and New York Yankees. Locklear is from North Carolina, and he is a full-bodied Lumbee Indian.
After Locklear’s professional baseball career, he transitioned into a successful commercial artist and painter. The subject matter of his fine art tends to be either related to sports or to his Native American heritage. His drawings and paintings can be found in numerous galleries (including his own gallery in San Diego), and he has a piece hanging in the White House. Click here to see more of Gene Locklear’s art.
