Show your August pick-ups...

[baseballart]

Picked up this old poster by that noted illustrator Heyendecker (sic)

[vintagesportflips]

Nice pickup, I was the underbidder on that piece and was hoping it would sneak through. Still a very nice price though. I know Carlton mentioned buying the same print at the national a couple years back. If I won it, I was going to try to have it professionally cleaned, and framed. What are your plans with it?

[baseballart]

Similar plans as you had. I'll have to see both what shape it's in, and what space I still have on the home and office walls--I think I still have about 10 to 15 older pieces still unframed, and needing space

[GKreindler]

Oh man, Leyendecker was a GOD amongst men. Those illustrators of the golden era were really some of the greatest (and most underrated) artists of all time...

[milkit1]

Graig! your paintings are the nicest baseball paintings Ive ever seen. How bout doing lil baseball cards ones and selling them on this forum? id love a Hal Chase

[GKreindler]

Hey milkit1! Thanks so much for the compliments. I actually might do some smaller paintings in the future, say 5"x7" studies, most of which would end up being portraits. I would imagine that they'll end up being a bit looser and more expressive, being that they'd be so small. So, I'll certainly keep the Black Prince of Baseball in mind!!

[milkit1]

Hi Graig!
That would be great! here is my favorite Hal Chase pic:

hal chase.jpg

Could you do action shots in small scale? My fave of your paintings are the ones with the stadium backgrounds especially "Beast Bangs Gomez". Another neat Idea I think would be to add your buyer into the pic maybe as a person in the crowd or whatever.

sean