Graig Kreindler's Chief Bender painting - All Hail the Chief!

[chlankf]

Truely enjoying this thread. So much knowledge and scrutiny, quite educational. Thanks for sharing everyone.

[baseball tourist]

Great painting and thread. I too believe the ribbon is a piece of string fastening a pencil to his sweater for use in recording coaching notes.

[BruceinGa]

It was well worth the wait!!

[Jay Wolt]

Damn! That's nice!
Graig is the best there is

[Leon]

Beautiful painting.

[Yoda]

Greg, the painting is wonderful; the colors, textures and, to me, the steely gaze of the Chief all blend together in a beautiul tapestry. I bet you have a buyer already.
As far as the ribbon is concerned, perhaps it is a condom, or perhaps a tribute
ribbon to Geronimo who was captured by the US Cavalry not that many years before.

[T206Jim]

All hail the Chief! Kreindler and Bender!

The painting depicts 1911 and the frame dates to that era.

It is difficult to get a good shot that reflects the splendor that is apparent to the naked eye, but here a couple of photos.

Final Frame 1.jpg

Final-Frame-4-web.jpg

[CW]

Awesome.

[slidekellyslide]

That sweater! Wow, that pops...easily one of his best creations.

[Bpm0014]

Unbelievable is not a strong enough word. Maybe one of his best paintings ever. I truly mean that.

[perezfan]

Wow... you can just feel the texture of that thick wool sweater (fuzz and all!)

Perfectly executed, and one of Graig's best. A masterpiece!

[GKreindler]

Thank you so much for all of those kind words, everybody!! I'm thrilled that y'all dig what you've seen in the scan. I hope Jim loves it even more once it's in hand, which should be in a few days.