Love the work! Truly an amazing talent! Love the color ranges used. Have you ever tried using a different medium when painting?

I haven't added my two cents in a while but have been checking the thread now and again. Fantastic work as usual Graig particularly the almost surreal Zulu and Cobb rounding third. I never noticed the apparent disinterest of the fielders in the famous Cobb photo. I assume it was a set up shot before a game?

Thanks so much for the kind words, guys!

GoCubsGo32, for the past decade or so I've only really used oils for painting. I used to try and work with acrylic, but I found it too plastic-feeling for my like. And watercolors, man, a harder medium there never was. One day, I'd like to learn more about using them, maybe in a manner similar to some of my heroes. But for now, I think it's only gonna be oils.

Howie, I think you're right about it being a pre-game thing. I had never really paid attention to those other chaps on the field before, but yeah, they're certainly not taking the action too seriously. I almost got the impression the crowd was starting to file into the bleachers anyways. I just wish I could get more info on the image, but I guess for now I'll have to be satisfied with just the year.

My photographers just finished up this last piece of Eli Manning:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psa078381f.jpg

Not super duper exciting on its own, but when it's sandwiched in between its two brothers, ya got an exciting triptych (in my opinion).

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps9c93051d.jpg

Anywho, I hope ya'll dig these too!

Thanks again for writing.

Graig

Hey all,

I just picked up these two guys from the photographers and thought I'd share 'em.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps06c67f57.jpg
Tris Speaker, 1916, 16" x 20"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps7d5d9a54.jpg
Shin Hashido, 1903, 12" x 18"

They were both a lot of fun on different levels. The Tris was an image I've always loved, as I feel like Conlon just captured that glare so perfectly. And the Hashido was just sooooo friggin' cool to learn about. It's amazing to think of how much we STILL don't know about our neighbors in the Land of the Rising Sun. Hashido just looks like such a bad@$$.

Anywho, I hope you guys enjoy 'em.

Thanks for reading!

Graig

Graig, the Hashido portrait just detonated my mind! Please excuse me while I sweep up the pieces.....

Absolutely Beautiful.

Friggin' awesome.

Graig,
Wow, a couple more home runs. Great work.

Bueno!
 

Graig,

Um....umm......well...yeah, I have nothing...no words.

I just wonder how you view the various things you see during everyday life in the city. Sunlight off of a windshield...faces of passersby...texture of brick...details? I think that you view everyday things a bit differently than we do.

Once again Greg. Just beautiful.
Drew

Thank you so much, guys. I really appreciate the kind words. :)

Curt, pretty much everything I see ends up translating into something relating to how I think about the language of painting. It really sounds flaky, I know, but it's the truth. I'm just always looking at nature and trying to see how I can disseminate those observations into my own work, as well as how I think about making art. I guess in that sense, I see things in a different way than some other people. Actually, it's hard for my brain to even get out of that mode. Having obsessions and working as an artist can be quite an interesting combination.

Thanks again for reading, everyone.

Graig