Goaltenders are always the bravest ones on a hockey team.
They stand in a 72 inch by 48 inch mesh home against an opposition that can rifle a puck over 100 kilometres per hour. Even though the job is dangerous, they might as well look good while doing it.
Steve Nash, 40, owner of Eyecandyair, creates and renders the art and designs you see on ice hockey goalie masks.
Painted goalie masks are not new to the hockey world. Players began painting them as soon as masks became mandatory. From Montreal Canadiens Ken Dryden’s target face mask to Gerry Cheevers’ stitches mask, art has joined hockey in an interesting way.
It is a way for a goalie to show off what he or she likes, ranging from tributes to their favourite band as far as flag-related masks that represents their home country. Masks are like tattoos of the hockey world because they illustrate a goalie's personality in a unique, interesting way.
Nash, who grew up in Shelburne, Ont., had an interest in painting his masks and a love for the arts. Despite having no formal training in airbrushing other than a few high school art classes, he wanted a neat goa ...
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