On the easel...

[GKreindler]

Thanks so much, Erick!! I thought it came out pretty nice. Granted the photo is just an absolute winner, so the source material couldn't have been better. I hope it does well for Al's auction.

Graig

[cwazzy]

Damn, Graig. I've said it before but you get better with every one! That Gehrig is amazing! One of these days I WILL get a Campy from you. Looking forward to seeing it in Chicago.

[GKreindler]

Thanks a lot, Chris!! Lord knows I'd love to tackle Campy one day.

In the meantime, here are two more I got back from my photographers today:


Rube Marquard, September 20, 1912, 24" x 20"


Mickey Mantle, May 4, 1951, 16" x 20"

I'd been meaning to get Rube photographed for a while, as I finished him last year. I had always really loved the image, as he just seemed super young and confident - a great subject for a painting if I ever saw one. It was really tough to get my hands on a nice quality version of the photograph, too. Being a Conlon, I'm pretty sure that the original negative still existed, but for whatever reason, John Rogers' company never made it available on their website. So I had to dig pretty deep. In the end, I'm pretty happy with how he came out.

The other image was also a lot of fun, but posed an interesting challenge. Once again, dealing with flash photography ain't terribly easy. In this case, the game (which was against the Browns in Mantle's first trip out west in '51) was a night affair, so the image itself was probably taken as the sun was starting to go down. The lights on the towers aren't even on, but with the flash bulb, the sky ends up appearing a lot darker than it actually is. Mantle himself pops pretty well, I think, but even that was tough, considering how washed out his face had to be. The majority of the color in there is cooler than it normally would be (as the flash itself is a cooler one), so I did my best to intermingle a lot of complementary hues to give it a shimmering quality. It doesn't really present itself that way in this particular photograph, but in real life, I think I got it. Maybe. Either way, his smile can't be denied.

Anywho, hope you guys dig it. If you have any questions, comments, or criticisms, please feel free to post away!

As per usual, thanks for reading.

Graig

PS: Now, onto the '27 Yankees!

[Leon]

Wow, it doesn't get much better than that!!

Originally Posted by GKreindler

Thanks a lot, Chris!! Lord knows I'd love to tackle Campy one day.

In the meantime, here are two more I got back from my photographers today:


Rube Marquard, September 20, 1912, 24" x 20"


Mickey Mantle, May 4, 1951, 16" x 20"

I'd been meaning to get Rube photographed for a while, as I finished him last year. I had always really loved the image, as he just seemed super young and confident - a great subject for a painting if I ever saw one. It was really tough to get my hands on a nice quality version of the photograph, too. Being a Conlon, I'm pretty sure that the original negative still existed, but for whatever reason, John Rogers' company never made it available on their website. So I had to dig pretty deep. In the end, I'm pretty happy with how he came out.

The other image was also a lot of fun, but posed an interesting challenge. Once again, dealing with flash photography ain't terribly easy. In this case, the game (which was against the Browns in Mantle's first trip out west in '51) was a night affair, so the image itself was probably taken as the sun was starting to go down. The lights on the towers aren't even on, but with the flash bulb, the sky ends up appearing a lot darker than it actually is. Mantle himself pops pretty well, I think, but even that was tough, considering how washed out his face had to be. The majority of the color in there is cooler than it normally would be (as the flash itself is a cooler one), so I did my best to intermingle a lot of complementary hues to give it a shimmering quality. It doesn't really present itself that way in this particular photograph, but in real life, I think I got it. Maybe. Either way, his smile can't be denied.

Anywho, hope you guys dig it. If you have any questions, comments, or criticisms, please feel free to post away!

As per usual, thanks for reading.

Graig

PS: Now, onto the '27 Yankees!

[GKreindler]

Hey everyone,

I hope you're all well and recovering from the National this past week. I REALLY wish I could have made it in any capacity this year, but I had some other life business that needed to be attended to. All good stuff though, and perhaps the only thing that could have kept me from going. But that's neither here nor there.

I finally finished a large Ruth painting that's been sitting around for a while:


Babe Ruth, April 22, 1920, 46" x 46"

It was HELLA fun to work on, as the size really lent itself to me doing some fun stuff with the paint, creating textures and nuance that I can't usually get on smaller pieces. And, I think the pose is pretty iconic, too. Subject? Never heard of him. Dean was after me to finish it for his inventory, as it had been sitting in the studio at about 90% done for quite some time. And Dean continues to be on me about finishing commissions that are long overdue (especially for the Net54 folks), many of which I'm trying to catch up on.

My son got to see this one for the first time, and his only response was that I had my work cut out for me.



He's definitely right. But it's getting there. Or somewhere.

I also finished up these color studies, a couple of which made it to eBay and are still available:


Ty Cobb, 1910s


Babe Ruth, 1915


Joe Jackson, 1917


Lou Gehrig, 1924


Lou Gehrig, 1925


Joe DiMaggio, 1937


Enos Slaughter, 1938


Ted Williams, 1939


Harmon Killebrew, 1954

And finally, while in Chicago you may have seen it at Al's booth (Love of the Game) while checking out that incredible Gehrig gamer, but this guy is officially up for auction:



If you're interested, you can bid here:

http://loveofthegameauctions.com/_Th...G-LOT5747.aspx

Anywho, I hope y'all dig these badboys. Feel free to share any comments, concerns, questions, problems, or food.

As per usual, thanks so much for reading!!

Graig

[David Atkatz]

The sunlight on Ruth's uniform? Incredible.

Your son? The same.

[slidekellyslide]

1000+ posts. I nominate this thead for enshrinement in the Net54 Thread Hall Of Fame.