What image would you choose to have Graig paint for you...

[jacksons]

Always loved this one of Combs slashing a single, Graig.

Have a poster of it in my basement and I feel like I'm sitting in the dugout.

Reminds me a bit of the Wagner painting you did from a similar angle.

[GKreindler]

I've always LOVED that image, jacksons. I've had plans to do a painting of it for a while now. That wonderful light in the middle ground illuminating Combs is glorious. And the combination of the foreground shadow of the triple-deck facade, and the shadow across the stands on the third base line just makes it one hell of a sandwich.

I'd probably bump the contrast a tiny bit and crop the bottom a little, and make it something like this:



And, here are two shots of a couple of other Yanks from the same era, and similar vantage points. The light isn't as dynamic, but these are still incredible.





Man, how incredible it must have been to see a Yankee game in the 1920s.

Graig

[thekingofclout]

in Allie Reynolds second no-no of the season. On Sept 28, 1951 "The Superchief" actually had to retire Williams TWICE in order to get the win AND the no-hitter as Yogi dropped a pop foul off the bat of the Thumper. So Reynolds reached back and threw the same pitch in the same spot, and got the same result except this time Berra hung on to it.

As if all of this wasn't enough pressure on the Yankees 6 Time All Star Pitcher, the victory was also a pennant clincher!

This would make a tremendous painting once it was Kreindlercolored. Note: Check out the ball just above his bat. What an image.

TedWilliams-Reynolds-No-Hitter.jpg

[jacksons]

This one wouldn't hurt to have on the wall...

http://www.nydailynewspix.com/sales/...52&size=medium

[Bridwell]

Graig,

I love the Combs picture best of all. Would love to see you paint that one. However I wouldn't crop it. The dark portion on the bottom helps center the figures and gives it a magical quality of the players shining under the lights. Fabulous image! Thanks for 'Jacksons' for sharing.

[GKreindler]

Ron,

I agree with you on that, though I guess it depends on what I would try to go for in the end. Personally, though I do like how Combs is perfectly placed in the composition, the foreground would seem a bit too empty to me, even if I would have variegated brush strokes and temperature shifts within. Because of how big that large shape is I just think my eye would end up going there first, and not to Combs. But that's just a personal preference. Honestly, I love 'em both!!

Here are some of the big four I'm definitely tackling at some point...









Now, I just need to figure out when that 'some point' is!!