On the easel...

[GKreindler]

Thanks, Chris! I can’t say I’m a braver man...perhaps more insane? I’m soooo tired.

icollectDCsports, thank you so much!! I’m still really mad at myself though, as I discovered only after the poster went to the printers that Josh had a short stint with the Cuban Stars, and even a photograph I could have worked from. Le sigh...

[Scott Garner]

Hi Graig,
Congrats on the birth of your second child. So cool!!

[GKreindler]

Thanks so much, Scott!! It's definitely cool. And insane. And all the feelings!!

[GKreindler]

Hey all,

Has it really been this long since I've posted anything here? Jeez, the great Photobucket fiasco from a few months back really curtailed things - I can't tell you how depressing it was to see every single image on this thread vanish. Well, I'm back for now (at least for the year), and I'm hoping that in that time I'll be able to switch everything over to a server I don't have to pay for. In the meantime though, I'll also try to get back to posting here with some regularity. That is, if y'all still want to see what's been going on.

On the personal note, I'm now a father of two, a two-and-a-half year old and an almost six-month old. Both boys. They're amazing. And insane. Becoming a father has been one of the hardest things I've ever had to do in my life, especially coming from somebody who works in a pretty insular field. With that said, getting into yet another routine to try and paint has been challenging to say the least. But, in the words of Mayo, I got nowhere else to go.

So, here are some examples of what's been coming out of the studio these past couple of months:


Walter Johnson, 1907, 22" x 28"


Chief Bender, October 24, 1911, 12" x 16"


Babe Ruth, 1915, 20" x 22"


Ty Cobb, 1916, 18" x 18"


Hank Greenberg, Goose Goslin, Charlie Gehringer and Pete Fox, 1935, 29" x 35"


Arky Vaughan, 1935, 16" x 20"


Stan Musial, May 21, 1946, 30" x 44"


Ernie Banks, 1953, 18" x 24"

I think there might be some more that I've missed, but I'll update this thread (finally) as I remember them.

Also, I was given some great press by the nice people at the National Review a few weeks back, which can be seen here:

https://www.nationalreview.com/magaz...seball-history

Anywho, I hope you're all doing well, keeping happy and healthy, and excited for Cleveland (which I should be going to). Also, hopefully you dig some of these! If you have any comments, questions, criticisms or musings you'd like to share, please feel free to do so!

Thanks,

Graig

[Jay Wolt]

Man, they are off the charts, its like looking at color photo
As always Graig, great job!

[GKreindler]

Thanks a ton, Jay!! It feels good to be back. I hope I can keep it up.

[perezfan]

WOW Graig.... just phenomenal.

Especially love the spectacular Musial and the Walter Johnson. The rich colors are just incredible, and I can almost read the Patch on WaJo's wrist-strap. Have narrowed it down to either Reach or D&M!

So gorgeous... thanks for revisiting this great thread!

[billyb]

Wow Graig, all great, being from Detroit I really like the four Tigers painting.

[Dewey]

Originally Posted by GKreindler

On the personal note, I'm now a father of two, a two-and-a-half year old and an almost six-month old. Both boys. They're amazing. And insane.

May these boys be your greatest masterpieces, Graig. All the best to you in the great adventure of fatherhood!

[GKreindler]

Thanks, Brett! If nothing else, they’ve guaranteed my spot in a white-walled rubber room. Weeeee!

[perezfan]

Amazing Graig...

Couple questions...

The background of that early Babe Ruth is so intriguing. Looks like he is on a sandlot, more so than a professional grounds. Any idea where that image emanates from?

The Fred Clarke is gorgeous as well. I should know this, but which stadium is depicted in that one? The high screen looks identical to the one behind Ty Cobb, in the famous Bain image where Ty is covertly flipping the bird. But that would likely be an American League Field, and Clarke played for Pittsburgh. Is it possible that one image or the other was captured at the 1909 World Series?