Show your BB related artwork

[tedzan]

One of my favorite paintings is this one of the Polo Grounds (circa 1950) by the well-known artist, Stevan Dohanos.

This painting is in the Hall of Fame and was also featured on the cover of the April 22, 1950 Saturday Evening Post.
Its realistic effect gives me an instant flashback to my youth, when I was at a New York Giants game.







Show us some of your favorite BB related paintings.


TED Z

[kmac32]

Was the guy in the rolled up sleeves Steve Bartman. Is the player Moises Alou? Artist left out the famous Bartman head phones. LOL

[HRBAKER]

Unknown Artist - dated 1911

[sayhey24]

Great idea for a thread Ted --the painting room at the HOF is one my favorite spots in the museum.
Here is a sampling from my collection.

Greg
http://www.baseballbasement.com

[DixieBaseball]

Nashville Native, Turkey Stearnes, broke into bball here in Nashville in 1920. Here are a couple of artwork pieces...

[campyfan39]

This is a mural that a friend and local artists did in my baseball card room. It is of some of my favorites and is 10ft by 9ft.

[Kzoo]

Great idea for a thread, Ted...........I've always loved creating art, but with a family and a career, there's not enough time in a day to devote to a new project. (......maybe if I decided to give up sleeping?). I completed this Nolan Ryan, oil on canvas, in '99 and had him sign it at a Chicago Sun Times show a couple years later. The Matty and Cobb are large oil on canvas paintings that I purchased from a local sports bar that closed a few years back.....I think they were commissioned by the owner in the late '80's. Maybe someday in the future I can get back into painting.....I'd love that.

Matt

[71buc]

I have one piece of original comic art in my collection. Revolutionary comics came out with a Roberto Clemente issue in 1992. Shortly after it was released I contacted the company and purchased this page. It was very reasonable, my only regret is that I didn't buy more of them at the time.

[Michael Peich]

Matt-With talent like yours, I'd stop sleeping or quit my job and commit to baseball painting full time! That is a stunning painting of Ryan, and he must have liked it. You are much better than the (to my mind) over-rated work of Dick Perez.
Great thread, Ted.

Cheers, Mike

[DixieBaseball]

Originally Posted by Michael Peich

Matt-With talent like yours, I'd stop sleeping or quit my job and commit to baseball painting full time! That is a stunning painting of Ryan, and he must have liked it. You are much better than the (to my mind) over-rated work of Dick Perez.
Great thread, Ted.

Cheers, Mike

+1

[brookdodger55]

Local Long Island Artist Pat Olds 1991 (copyright), Looks like a combo of Possibily Yankee Staduim and T 206 Card design. Picked this up a the Monthly LI Hofstra Card Show a few years ago

[sayhey24]

Here are a few more from my collection --

Greg
http://www.baseballbasement.com

[baseballart]

Here is some of my collection

Bob Meusel pulp cover painting, from the only year he was with the Reds



Dallas minor leagues, c 1950



Fred Guardineer, pulp art



I have a number more, I guess I will need to take some more photos.

Max

[Vegas-guy]

Originally Posted by Michael Peich

Matt-With talent like yours, I'd stop sleeping or quit my job and commit to baseball painting full time! That is a stunning painting of Ryan, and he must have liked it. You are much better than the (to my mind) over-rated work of Dick Perez.
Great thread, Ted.

Cheers, Mike

+2 The Ryan is beautiful..

[DJR]

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[old13man]

I showed this a while back but here is one my wife's friend painted for me.

CJ

[srs1a]

A charcoal drawing by my wife

[benjulmag]

painting by Stevan Dohanos used as the cover for an April 1945 Saturday Evening Post

[abothebear]

Father Christmas made this for my son this year. Guess who Father Christmas's favorite player is?

[zljones]

Originally Posted by kmac32

was the guy in the rolled up sleeves steve bartman. Is the player moises alou? Artist left out the famous bartman head phones. Lol

lol!!!!!

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by benjulmag

painting by Stevan Dohanos used as the cover for an April 1845 Saturday Evening Post

Corey

That is out of this world.


Max

[Kzoo]

Originally Posted by Michael Peich

That is a stunning painting of Ryan, and he must have liked it.

Mike, Jeremy, Reg.......Thanks for the kind words. Nolan Ryan actually didn't say a word about my painting, he just decided where he thought it should be signed and I agreed (then and now). Also, I had my photo taken with him and the painting, but he really didn't show or express any emotion....the line was long behind me and he was all business....kind of like when he was on the mound.

Matt

[laughlinfan]

I have to admit I would be a bit disappointed if I created something as nice as you did, Matt, and Nolan didn't acknowledge, but I guess he'd probably seen hundreds of painted images in his career. That is one beautiful painting!

Very nice thread - I've always liked picking up original art pieces, especially artwork used in the creation of cards. Anyone else been picking up any of the artwork Upper Deck commissioned for their Masterpieces and other artwork based sets? I really appreciate the talents of some the folks they used for these sets - Chuck Gilles, Ron Stark, Andy Jurinko, Darryl Vlasak,and Arthur Miller to name a few of my favorites. I'll try to post pictures of a few I've picked up.

[baseballart]

I earlier posted some of my older artwork. As many of you may know, my spouse Jennifer Ettinger has been painting baseball images (as well as dogs, cats and whatever else wanders in the door) for the last 18 years. She is fortunate enough to have 22 of her paintings blown up and on display at Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver

Here's a shot of the Stadium . She has also recently competed two paintings of the Stadium, one of which is here

and the stadium has a baseball card as part of the team set, which is pretty cool

She's done quite a number of baseball paintings, which can be seen here http://www.flickr.com/photos/basebal...7594074775860/

Finally, she's working on a 21 painting commission of New York Yankees. Here's Keeler and Chesbro

[laughlinfan]

Your wife is very talented, Max! About the only thing I know about painting is that I can't do it, unfortunately!

Here are a couple of pictures of some of the UD artwork I have picked up in the past couple of years:

[benjulmag]

Thanks Max. I first learned about Dohanos when I saw one of his works on display at the HOF. That one was used for the cover of an October 1952 Satruday Evening Post. I think his work is terrific illustration art.

[Kzoo]

Max..............Your wife is an awesome artist! I would love to paint as a profession. That image of Chesbro is beautiful. What's the medium and size?

Matt

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by tedzan

One of my favorite paintings is this one of the Polo Grounds (circa 1950) by the well-known artist, Stevan Dohanos.

This painting is in the Hall of Fame and was also featured on the cover of the April 22, 1950 Saturday Evening Post.
Its realistic effect gives me an instant flashback to my youth, when I was at a New York Giants game.






TED Z

Corey

"Great minds think alike"

Many years ago I saw this painting by Stevan Dohanos in Cooperstown and I searched for a copy of it. Eleven years ago,
I acquired this Saturday Evening Post that featured it on its cover.

The Polo Grounds enkindle some very fond memory's from my youth........

I saw Bobby Thomson's "shot heard around the world" in the 1951 NL Playoff game.

Also, saw Willie Mays' great catch in the 1954 Word Series. And, many more such sweet events.


Best regards,

TED Z

[nebboy]

I'm currently trying to sell rights to this are work to Parker Brothers for the use as teh new GET OUT OF JAIL FREE card in there up comming Baseball MONOPOLY game.

[HRBAKER]

I'm puzzled by the cartoon, didn't his head get bigger than anything else?

[KODIAK]

This is an original oil painting done by my friend and neighbor for my 50th birthday. This beauty measures 3' by 4'.

IMG_0369.jpg

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by Kzoo

I would love to paint as a profession.

It's a rough gig being an artist. It's a lot of sweat equity that in most cases isn't rewarded in the marketplace. Even after you're an established artist, you're always trying to figure out where the next commission or sale will come from (which in some ways is like any other business--however, I don't seem to have to worry about tax miscreants finding me in my business)

Originally Posted by Kzoo

That image of Chesbro is beautiful. What's the medium and size?

Matt

It's acrylic on canvas, 14 x 18. Most of her paintings are larger.

I thought I would post a couple of her less representational works.



This is mixed media, with a photo of Lou (not Type 1 ) with discarded text from Pride of the Yankees.

For "modern" baseball art:



And finally, the artist often has a message for her spouse when he doesn't quite understand the artistic process, as demonstrated in this shot from her sketchbook at the ballpark

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by baseballart

It's a rough gig being an artist. It's a lot of sweat equity that in most cases isn't rewarded in the marketplace. Even after you're an established artist, you're always trying to figure out where the next commission or sale will come from (which in some ways is like any other business--however, I don't seem to have to worry about tax miscreants finding me in my business)



It's acrylic on canvas, 14 x 18. Most of her paintings are larger.

I thought I would post a couple of her less representational works.



This is mixed media, with a photo of Lou (not Type 1 ) with discarded text from Pride of the Yankees.

For "modern" baseball art:



And finally, the artist often has a message for her spouse when he doesn't quite understand the artistic process, as demonstrated in this shot from her sketchbook at the ballpark

like

[RichR]

Graig Kreindler is working on this for me:

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by RichR

Graig Kreindler is working on this for me:

Can't wait to see the finished product!

[Vintagecatcher]

Here is a 1909 San Francisco Cronicle Supplement and a Collier's Magazine Cover.


Patrick

[CW]

These are a couple "signatures" I made up for another forum using photoshop and some imagination. I wouldn't really call this "art" in the same vein as some of the awesome pieces displayed in this thread, but I humbly offer it up so I can feel like I'm participating

[dallen]

The one thing in my sports room my wife actually appreciates. Funny doesnt even need a frame....Kreindler is so talented!

cobb1908.jpg

[nebboy]

I have not done any cartoon artwork in years. This thread got my wanting to try again but it took me a while to get around to it. I whipped this up this morning.

[CardTarget]

This is a great thread!

[Anthony S.]

This was recently commissioned by Bud Selig. It's entitled "The Owners Give Me Another Contract Extension."

[ScottFandango]

that ryan is AMAZING

has the detail of colored pencil drawing!

wow

[CW]

After stumbling upon this story a few days ago, I set a snipe hoping to land this cool Gehrig piece, an original "sketch card" by Chris Henderson. 90% of the proceeds went to a great cause, and I got to add some amazing artwork to the collection without breaking the bank. The artist nailed this one, in my opinion, and the detail is amazing for something the size of a standard baseball card. One of the most satisfying purchases I've made in some time. Posted along with the original (Conlon?) photo for comparison.

[RichR]

Very nice John

[bosoxfan]

Originally Posted by Kzoo

Great idea for a thread, Ted...........I've always loved creating art, but with a family and a career, there's not enough time in a day to devote to a new project. (......maybe if I decided to give up sleeping?). I completed this Nolan Ryan, oil on canvas, in '99 and had him sign it at a Chicago Sun Times show a couple years later. The Matty and Cobb are large oil on canvas paintings that I purchased from a local sports bar that closed a few years back.....I think they were commissioned by the owner in the late '80's. Maybe someday in the future I can get back into painting.....I'd love that.

Matt

This painting of Ryan is EXQUISITE. Painting must have been your livelihood and only focus at one time because someone who paints this well can't be doing it just as a hobby. It is truly lifelike

[irishdenny]

Truly coincidental...

A 16 year old young lady (whom I have the honor to call my sweet daughter),
has turned her art talent towards the Baseball World.

Bryanna, has just recently been viewing some of my cards. I showed her a few! I asked her if she thought if she could paint or draw any of them?

Without me asking, she found a picture of Lou Gehrig on the net and this is what she did in an afternoon.

A Photo and a Scan of Lou...

She is Presently working on a few others, an E95 & a Boston Garter Matty. Her work is Just getting better & Better!!!

[CW]

^^ Very cool!

[MGHPro]

A few modern paintings by a local artist

[Kzoo]

Originally Posted by bosoxfan

This painting of Ryan is EXQUISITE. Painting must have been your livelihood and only focus at one time because someone who paints this well can't be doing it just as a hobby. It is truly lifelike

Scott and Rich.....Thanks again for the comments on my work. Rich, I painted the Ryan in my spare time in '99, well before my wife and kids were a part of my now busy life. Art's always just been a hobby for me and I never considered it a viable option to pay the bills. Thanks.........Matt

[jerseygary]

These are the drawings I did for a card 15 card set Negro league historian Gary Ashwill and I recently did in conjunction with the family of Hall of Famer Pete Hill. Best part about the set for me was illustrating all the different uniforms from the many teams Hill played for in his long career...