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No hiatus for me, Jason! No rest for the wicked! Or those who paint!!
I'm still working on that large Mazeroski painting, and am hoping to have a ton of it done by the end of the weekend, so I'll post it then. For now, I've done more work to Grover. He's not done yet, but he's getting somewhat close. I have a lot of edges to soften and sharpen, and flesh out a bit more on his uniform. But, I like where it's going thus far!! http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ndler/GCA1.jpg http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ler/GCA2-1.jpg I also have these two other portraits that have about an hour or so into them (as I'm sure you can tell). http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...eindler/LG.jpg http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...eindler/JT.jpg And, I started another commission on the queue, though it only has a few hours into it as well. The image is really unstoppable, if you ask me. That Paul Thompson was some kind of photographer. I hope I can do his vision some sort of justice in the end, or at least, give the impression of what he saw in color before he pushed the shutter... http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...indler/BR1.jpg http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...indler/BR2.jpg As per usual, please excuse the crummy photography. The only one that seems even remotely true to life is the Grover Cleveland. Both Grove and Thorpe are blown out. Ruth's hat and socks are definitely NOT that blue in my painting. Man, I need a new camera. or some skills. In addition to all of this, I have some more commissions I'm hoping to start this weekend as well, but most of those canvases need to be stretched first (a Herculean task in its own right)! Thanks for taking an interest! Graig |
As always very nice !! Congrats on all the comissions !!
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Graig,
These are simply magnificent. The Ruth at the bottom is already better than everything else out there(in my opinion) with only a few hours of "work" in! Ben |
Hey all,
I just wanted to thank everyone for all of their support in this thread (as well as off of it), you've all been incredibly kind. I really appreciate it more than I can possibly express. Because of an influx of work from you guys, as well as those outside of Net54, I am now 2.5 years out on commissions. On that same token, my agent told me that he's going to be raising my prices again on the first of January, 2010. With that in mind, if anyone wants to get in on the queue before the new rates, shoot me a message! Thanks again all! Graig |
I just picked up 'Sports Collector's Monthly Presents Mantle, the Man and his memorabilia' magazine and the first thing I opened it up to was one of Graigs paintings, then some pages later another one. Very nice ! As far as this issue goes it is great for any Mantle or Yankee fan and I highly recommend picking it up.
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Hey all!!
I hope everyone is having a great holiday season thus far. I just picked these two up from the photographers, and I thought I'd share 'em. The first is the complete 11"x14" Grover Cleveland Alexander painting from that lovely 1928 Conlon photo. This bad boy is going to a board member and should be out in the mail later today or tomorrow. Gotta love how weathered that man's face was!!! And the second image is...well...the object of my father's pain. I don't think my father has a more rueful memory from his childhood, to be honest. If you're a Yankee fan from that era, I'm sure you'll know what I'm talking about. Anywho, it's pretty large at 38"x60", and man, I'm glad it's out of the studio and on its way to Pittsburgh. Be gone!! Comments/critiques/rotten tomatoes are always welcomed!! Thanks for reading, Graig http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...r_1928_Smi.jpg http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...er_13_Home.jpg |
I watched this game as a ten year old on our old Magnavox. I remember Maz's swing, the flight of the ball and Berra's hangdog look like it was yesterday. The world was black and white then.
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Graig, now that the bad memory is finally gone from the studio perhaps Dad will better appreciate a team that defeated those boys from Pittsburgh some 33 years earlier.
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I think it's fair to say that he's going to love that painting MUCH more...
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