OT - Sports Paintings & Illustrations

[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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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

[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.

[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!

[kudu]

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Bump.

Ken Griffey Jr by Anthony Douglas :

[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:

[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.

[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

[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

[Gkreindler]

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Thank you so much, godwulf - that's quite the compliment!!! One of the main things I really strive for is creating a believable space and atmosphere with light and color, but an image having motion and fluidity is definitely a close second. I'm really glad you think it works!

Graig

[godwulf]

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Every time I look at "Ty Cobb, 4/14/08", I could swear that I see Cobb and the umpire actually moving. Cobb is almost vibrating with the tension of being about to swing, and the umpire's body is tensed and just about to take a small step forward. Incredible!

[Gkreindler]

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Thanks a bunch, Dach0sen0ne! I'm glad you dig the work!

[Dach0sen0ne]

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Stellar work! I love the Strawberry, it looks almost real.

[Gkreindler]

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Whoa, thanks for all of the really kind words, guys - I sincerely appreciate them all. I'm just supremely grateful that y'all have any positive response to it all, as it's still so weird for me to put it all out there. I guess that's the insecure artist talking...and man, he can be loud.

Graig

[godwulf]

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Hey, not even in the same league as Graig's paintings, of course, but...Topps auctioned off this original artwork (signed by Gonzo) several years ago, and I was the winning bidder. It was later featured in an SI article on 'odd collectibles".