So step on it !!!

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Hey all,

Just wanted to wish everyone a very happy and healthy holiday. Hope you're all keeping warm.

And, thanks for all of the love and support this year (as well as those prior)!

Graig

Thanks Graig! Happy holidays my friend!
Scott

Right back at you half pint.

Half Pint!
Ben,
I think Graig is worth at least a full pint!(Black and Tan preferred)
Mark

Hey all,

Hope this post finds everyone well and warm.

Things in New York have been pretty up and down in terms of the weather, and as a result, pretty much everyone I know has had some sort of cold over the past two weeks, myself included. As silly as a statement it may be, I absolutely hate being sick.

However, I have been able to get back to work over the past few days, which has made me much happier! I've got a lot of stuff going on right now (both on the easel and off), so I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed with the workload - my photographers are gonna be pretty darn busy over the next few months.

Here are some portrait scans I got back from them today:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps236b7068.jpg
Hank Greenberg, 1933, 16" x 20"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psd99be3f8.jpg
Fred Merkle, 1908, 11" x 14"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...pscf5b8c27.jpg
Bob Shawkey, 1926, 9" x 12"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psd037c36a.jpg
George Case, July 11, 1939, 9" x 12"

I enjoyed painting them all, but I think I got a kick out of Merkle the most. I had always wanted to paint the man, and finding an image like that from 1908 (from Chicago, no less) was just what I was hoping for. What a face he had!

I have some more portraits going out in the next few weeks too, so they'll be more where they came from. Also, I have a couple of commissions from the board that I'm FINALLY getting photographed, so I'm sure Dean will be in touch with those fellas soon, too.

Anywho, hope you enjoy 'em. And feel free to comment/critique/share/whatever.

Graig

Hey all,

I forgot that I hadn't posted one of my favorites of the new bunch:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps93d8cd33.jpg
Cy Young, 1909, 20" x 16"

I enjoyed the hell out of painting this one. Young's eyes tell the entire story - what stories they had to tell! Adding some emphasis on the wrinkles and playing with the contrast of his face against the back wall of the dugout hopefully gives it the glow I had hoped it would have.

Anywho, again, any thoughts or crits are always appreciated.

Thanks for reading!

Graig

Great stuff! The Merkle and Young are especially fantastic.

That Cy Young is great!!