On the easel...

[Lordstan]

Graig,
I am running out of superlatives. If you keep posting I'll have to buy a thesaurus to come up with more ways to say these paintings are awesome.

That Gehrig-Ruth is incredible. Is that a commission? If so, they are a lucky dog, whoever it is?

Mark

[GKreindler]

Thanks a lot, guys.

The Ruth and Gehrig painting is a commission. At first, I didn't think that it was going to be the hardest painting in the world, but it's definitely been quite the challenge.

That net really does leave me cross-eyed. And it's not so much the net itself, but it's the relationship between the net and the material behind it. That tarp-type thingy needs to still be three-dimensional with its curves and all, while still sitting behind something that's obscuring the look of it. And since it's so close to the foreground, it's not something that I can normally compress into two values. There has to be a fuller range, more prominent temperature changes, and then it has to relate correctly to the net pattern that goes in front of it. Actually, just writing this and thinking about it is making my head spin.

Instead, I'll just post what I was working on yesterday, which hurts my brain a lot less.



Either way, still a lot to be done!

Graig

[Runscott]

Both are fantabulous.

I received my 'Cobb sliding' photo the other day, and will get you a hi-res scan sometime today.

I have a few Jackie Robinson pics that are about as cool.

[GKreindler]

Thank you, Scott. You're the friggin' best.

Graig

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by GKreindler

This thread requires bumpage...

Girlfriend and I are in a coffee shop going through Graig's website and this thread. She likes his work as much as me, so I'm halfway 'there'

Our favorite is the one of the Yankees, led by Ruth, walking toward home 'Flawless and Favorable', but this Mantle is right behind it.

[GKreindler]

Hey all,

Thanks so much for all of the love in this thread over the past month or so.

It's been a while since I've posted, as things have been pretty darn busy around here. I've been doing my best to finish up some older stuff that's owed to VERY patient clients (I'm looking at you, Brian and Phil), and am finally starting to see some light. So, I've been pretty lax on getting back to this thread. Over the next few weeks, that should change, as I have a good amount of stuff I'm bringing to the photographers.

For starters, there's this guy:


Roger Maris, Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle, July 22, 1961, 26" x 32"

I'd been noodling a lot with this one, as there was a lot more that needed to go into it than I originally thought it would need. When I first started painting, I always used to think that paintings depicting sunlit players were always so much intensive than those depicting overcast ones. I've only recently discovered in the past few years that it's about even - subtlety is everywhere, I suppose.

Either way, I'm glad to be finally getting some of these paintings out of the studio so I can make room...for more paintings. I guess I'm feeling more and more like Sisyphus these days.

Here's a fun example:



There gets to be less and less room for my clothing, which, I guess as I work more and more in the studio, becomes more and more splattered in oil paint. Whoops.

Anywho, I'm done rambling. As per usual, comments/crits/questions are always appreciated.

Thanks!

Graig

[Kawika]

The Second Coming of Fibber McGee

[Forever Young]

Awesome Graig! You see this?? I can't wait until my Kreindlers realize their potential!

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/r...risties-052314

[GKreindler]

Benny, the only way that's happening is if I die pretty soon. Then in 50 years, you might have a shot at a nice appreciation. Definitely not one that high, though.

Either way, should I be worried in Cleveland?

Graig