Any idea if you'll start making limited edition prints available for future work?

Hey Woundedduck,

As of now, they're no plans to do any prints, lithos or giclees. If we do start thinking about doing something like that, I'll certainly let you guys know.

I will, however, run another contest on my Facebook fan page at some point in the future, with the winner taking away another free painting. I'm not sure exactly when it will happen, and how I'll run the contest, but I'm thinking that this time, the painting will be bigger than 9" x 12"...but yeah, just some food for thought!

Graig

If you run another Facebook contest would there be any way to rig it so i will win?? LOL

Looking forward to the contest and seeing more of your work!! Your stuff is amazing!

Thanks again, Andrew.

I don't know if I'll be able to rig anything for the contest, but in my head, it might involve something similar to last time, and then something completely random - all for two different paintings. Yikes.

But again, still in the VERY early planning stages...

Graig

Hey guys,

Here are a few more that I've been working on over the past few weeks. Some of them are closer to being finished than others, but hopefully by the time I get back from Chicago, they'll all be finished that following week...or Dean might have my head.

As usual, please excuse the cruddy photography!

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ahanty1903.jpg
Ed Delahanty, 1903

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ollins1927.jpg
Pat Collins, 1927

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...Musial1942.jpg
Stan Musial, 1942

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ntle1955-1.jpg
Mickey Mantle, 1955

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...kJeter2000.jpg
Derek Jeter, 2000

Anywho, hope you dig 'em. Feel free to throw any questions/crits my way!

See y'all in Chicago!

Graig

Last night at the Net54 dinner I had the honor of meeting Graig and his friends. It was certainly the highlight of the dinner. I am strictly into selling cards and I don't usually read the posts in the memorabilia forum. So, last night was the first time I ever heard anything about Graig. Both he and his friends showed me his work which they had photos of on their phones. I was amazed at the quality of workmanship that went into every detail of that picture. It wasn't about the player in the picture, it was just the capture of the moment in each shot. I felt like the picture came alive.
I never in a million years thought that I would write a post about art, but after speaking with Graig and seeing his work, I am a convert.
I hope that one day, I will be able to hang his art in my house. For now, I will display his business card.

BTW, he's a nice guy.

Aww, Howard, that was all really nice of you to say - seriously, thank you. I very much enjoyed talking with you as well, even if it was only brief. And I must say, I figured my friends would have scared you off long before you actually left - they're definitely on the silly side.

I really did have a wonderful time at the Net54 dinner, especially since I was able to meet and chat with so many lovely people from both sides of the boards. The fact that they all had the love of the hobby in common was the best part. It's not often I can make a reference to Ed Delahanty and have anyone know who the heck I'm talking about. So, It makes me that much more stoked for Baltimore's version. Hopefully for that one, I'll actually be exhibiting, but I guess we'll just have to wait see...

Graig

Hey Graig,
Absolutely love your work! It has inspired me to start painting some vintage. Going to do a Robinson, Williams and Mantle one next, all separate ones though.

Love the work,
Absolon

Double Post, please delete.

Hey all,

So, since I joined this board a couple of years back, you guys have always been so wonderful to me with your encouraging words and support. All of it is appreciated more than you know. Because of all of that, I feel a lot more comfortable showing you guys my work than I do with others. Which is why I wrote this post.

Ever since meeting me in 2007, Dean, my agent, had been suggesting for a while that I try doing a quick, loose painting at some point, just to see what the results would be. He wanted something that didn't have the same attention to detail and was more expressive. Well, I finally took him up on the idea a few months back, and came out with this:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...rait_Study.jpg
Babe Ruth, 1922

He went bananas over it. He thought that I captured something in his eyes that he described as 'real emotion.' I told him that it wasn't my doing, but Conlon's (as it was based from his photograph), but he insisted that I had something special here.

Anywho, I was wondering if some of you might be willing to lend your thoughts about this little study. Be they good, bad, indifferent, comparable to the 'finished works', or whatever, I would just really love to hear from you. Any feedback you can provide is greatly appreciated.

As usual, you guys rock.

Thanks,

Graig