OT - Sports Paintings & Illustrations

[Gkreindler]

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Hey all,

Just got these back from the photographers, too:


Moe Berg, 1935


Ed Kranepool, 1963


Eddie Collins, 1909


Mickey Mantle, 1956

A motley crew/crue indeed. The Mantle is actually a redo, as the original was...ahem...lost. Not cool.

Anywho, I would love to hear any thoughts you want to throw my way. And ideally, I hope you like all four, but I'll settle for three. Actually, I'll settle for one.

Graig

[sportscrazy13]

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Had this painted in Baghdad after we invaded it in '03. The Iraqi guy that painted it said he did a lot of family photo paintings for Saddam Hussein. This is one of the center pieces of my collection.

Jordan & Magic '91 NBA Finals

[dcgreg25]

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Ok so LaVern Brock was mentioned earlier in this thread so I thought I would share some pics from an Indians piece I commissioned for my office. I will post more pics as things progress.

[AbsolonMoreau]

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Can't compare to Graig, but here goes nothing:
Kevin Youkillis

Carl Crawfard SIGNED! ($220 for this one)


Tim Lincecum

Michael Jordan

Toews:

Hemsky:

Zetterberg:

Bernier:

Crosby:

Fleury:

Vachon:

[kudu]

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Bump.

Ken Griffey Jr by Anthony Douglas :

[AbsolonMoreau]

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How my Mantle painting is evolving, hoping to be done with it this week

Original image:




Need to make the face a lot more realistic and then will make the bat look more realistic too!

[71buc]

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I have enough trouble affording the things I currently collect. I love art and baseball but cannot afford to indulge both. I really enjoy vintage baseball photography which is about as close as my budget lets me come to art. I do have one piece of original comic art depicting Clemente. Revolutionary comics came out with a Clemente issue in 1992. I am a huge Clemente fan so on a whim I called the company and asked if I could purchase a page. They said sure and asked me which I wanted. I purchased this splash page for $100.00. I think it was the best in the book and now wish I had bought more of them. Nonetheless it is cool to own a one of a kind item featuring the great one.

[Gkreindler]

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Hey all,

I haven't posted anything here in a while, so for those of you who are interested, here's some of the stuff I've finished since:


Lou Gehrig, 1925, 16" x 20"


Stan Musial, 1942, 16" x 20"


Mickey Mantle, April 14, 1951, 9" x 12"


Willie Mays, 1955, 9" x 12"


Derek Jeter, 200, 11" x 14"


Babe Ruth, June 25, 1920, 28" x 50"


Babe Ruth, November 4, 1934, 50" x 64"


Roger Maris, October 1, 1961, 38" x 52"

And a few random in-progresses:


Mickey Mantle, May 14, 1955, 9" x 12"


Red Ruffing, 1936, 16" x 20"


Babe Ruth, 1918, 30" x 34"


Lou Gehrig, 1938, 18" x 24"

Hope y'all dig 'em!!

Graig

[shoremen44]

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Graig,
Simply beautiful... I love the faces... the eyes are so deep...

but someone said it about a previous painting of yours... The Maris and the Ruths below... I feel like they are moving... you really capture the feel of the action... it is almost like I am there...

Beautiful work

[Gkreindler]

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Bert,

Thank you SO much for your kind words. If you feel like you're actually in the Stadium and all, then I definitely feel like I've done my job (no matter how much my gut tells me otherwise).

I'm so glad you're enjoying it all!

Graig

[Gkreindler]

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Hey guys,

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday and are looking forward to the start of 2012.

I think my New Years resolution is to get the majority of the unfinished paintings out of my studio (especially those that were commissioned).

Here are a few that are ready to leave...


Johnny Evers, 1907, 16" x 20"


Babe Ruth, 1918, 30" x 34"


Babe Ruth, 1924, 16" x 20"


Lou Gehrig, 1938, 18" x 24"


Jackie Robinson, August 28, 1949, 46" x 56"


Mets, October 25, 1986, 30" x 45"

And man, I never realized how much Evers looks like Stan Laurel in that image. What a jaw that man had!!

Anywho, I hope y'all dig 'em. And if ya do, come check me out on Facebook, too! Comments/crits/laughs/stories are ALWAYS appreciated.

Graig

[Danny899]

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Graig,
You do wonderful work. Thank you for sharing some of it here. Do you sell prints of your work? Thanks!

Dan

[asr1084]

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Your work is undescribeable......nice work!

[AbsolonMoreau]

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Some of my latest work.
After a long hiatus filled with medical issues I am back to painting.
Brad Ziegler 24x36

Paul George 16x20

Steven Jackson 11x14

Tim Tebow 16x20

[Gkreindler]

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Hey all,

Hope everyone's starting to enjoy some spring weather. In Brooklyn, it's REALLY starting to feel like baseball season is upon us.

I just got this guy back from the photographers, and I thought it was an interesting one to post:


Christy Mathewson, 1914 Cracker Jack, 18" x 24"

My client is a big fan of the Cracker Jack set and wanted Matty to be as real as possible. It posed an interesting challenge, since as much as I can render him, the background was just going to be that stark red. Though in the end, I'm pretty happy with the results. I think it's pretty strong graphically, and although the play of red and green really messed with my eyes while I was working on it, I think I was able to pull it off.

And I realized that there were a few more I had not posted here, so here they come!





















Anywho, I hope you dig 'em! And if not, don't be afraid to say so!

Graig