ACEO Clown #241 "Palhaço Matraca"
2 ½” x 3 ½” (64 x 89 mm)
ACEO Clown portrait #241 is inspired by a former circus clown Matraca (Celso Stevanovich) from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Celso is coming from an old circus family. His grandfather owned a circus and his father was trapez artist, his mother was contortionist. His uncle was a clown. Many years he performed with his son Moroco (see previous post) at Circo Amar Brazil.
ACEO Clown #240 "Palhaço Moroco"
2 ½” x 3 ½” (64 x 89 mm)
ACEO Clown portrait #240 is inspired by a very talented circus clown Palhaço Moroco (Moroco Stevanovich) who lives in Fortaleza, Brazil but originally he is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Moroco has been clowning more than 20 years. His father Celso Stevanovich his clown name is Matraca and coming from a circus family. Moroco at very young age started to perform with his father. He performed at Circo Moscou and at the moment he is working at Le Cirque Amar in Brazil. See his latest news at @morocirco
ACEO Clown #239 "Peggy Williams"
2 ½” x 3 ½” (64 x 89 mm)
ACEO Clown portrait #239 is inspired by a former professional clown "Peggy Williams" from Madison, Wisconsin USA. She did a speech pathology major at the University of Wisconsin , focusing on deaf education but she made a life changing decision and went to the clown college and became the first female graduate of Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circuses Clown College in 1970.
Following completion of the program of study, she went on the road with The Greatest Show on Earth, distinguishing herself during her nine years of travel with the circus. In 1973, she was asked to join the teaching staff at Clown College where she assisted students in nurturing the relationship between performers and the public.
She worked on special assignments at the Circus’s corporate headquarters in Washington, DC where she initiated a series of new educational programs often revolving around a clowning theme. In 1981, Peggy became the assistant performance director for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus’ Blue Unit.
