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07-09-2007, 01:30 PM #1
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Re: Slightly OT: Sports Art - Any Opinions?
I have several pieces in my collection. I have a couple of original pieces by Darryl Vlasak along with a very unique Mickey Mantle piece. This item is 40 x 49 and is made up of neary 2,700 different Topps mico baseball cards. When right up on the item it looks like a bunch of different cards but as you get about 4 feet or further away the famous image of Mickey Mantle and his #7 appear from the backgrounds of the cards. This piece was the first one that this artist did and there were only 7 ever made. I am not sure how the artist did it but it is really cool looking. I know the same artist did a Babe Ruth one and it sold for over $8,000 in the December Lelands auction.
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09-19-2011, 08:16 PM #2
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Re: OT - Sports Paintings & Illustrations
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!
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09-24-2011, 01:34 AM #3
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Re: OT - Sports Paintings & Illustrations
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.
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11-17-2011, 12:28 PM #4
Re: OT - Sports Paintings & Illustrations
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
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11-17-2011, 01:53 PM #5
Re: OT - Sports Paintings & Illustrations
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 workBert
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11-17-2011, 03:32 PM #6
Re: OT - Sports Paintings & Illustrations
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
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12-28-2011, 04:14 PM #7
Re: OT - Sports Paintings & Illustrations
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