Show your BB related artwork

[sayhey24]

Great idea for a thread Ted --the painting room at the HOF is one my favorite spots in the museum.
Here is a sampling from my collection.

Greg
http://www.baseballbasement.com

[DixieBaseball]

Nashville Native, Turkey Stearnes, broke into bball here in Nashville in 1920. Here are a couple of artwork pieces...

[campyfan39]

This is a mural that a friend and local artists did in my baseball card room. It is of some of my favorites and is 10ft by 9ft.

[Kzoo]

Great idea for a thread, Ted...........I've always loved creating art, but with a family and a career, there's not enough time in a day to devote to a new project. (......maybe if I decided to give up sleeping?). I completed this Nolan Ryan, oil on canvas, in '99 and had him sign it at a Chicago Sun Times show a couple years later. The Matty and Cobb are large oil on canvas paintings that I purchased from a local sports bar that closed a few years back.....I think they were commissioned by the owner in the late '80's. Maybe someday in the future I can get back into painting.....I'd love that.

Matt

[71buc]

I have one piece of original comic art in my collection. Revolutionary comics came out with a Roberto Clemente issue in 1992. Shortly after it was released I contacted the company and purchased this page. It was very reasonable, my only regret is that I didn't buy more of them at the time.

[Michael Peich]

Matt-With talent like yours, I'd stop sleeping or quit my job and commit to baseball painting full time! That is a stunning painting of Ryan, and he must have liked it. You are much better than the (to my mind) over-rated work of Dick Perez.
Great thread, Ted.

Cheers, Mike

[DixieBaseball]

Originally Posted by Michael Peich

Matt-With talent like yours, I'd stop sleeping or quit my job and commit to baseball painting full time! That is a stunning painting of Ryan, and he must have liked it. You are much better than the (to my mind) over-rated work of Dick Perez.
Great thread, Ted.

Cheers, Mike

+1

[brookdodger55]

Local Long Island Artist Pat Olds 1991 (copyright), Looks like a combo of Possibily Yankee Staduim and T 206 Card design. Picked this up a the Monthly LI Hofstra Card Show a few years ago

[old13man]

I showed this a while back but here is one my wife's friend painted for me.

CJ

[KODIAK]

This is an original oil painting done by my friend and neighbor for my 50th birthday. This beauty measures 3' by 4'.

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[ScottFandango]

that ryan is AMAZING

has the detail of colored pencil drawing!

wow

[Vegas-guy]

Originally Posted by Michael Peich

Matt-With talent like yours, I'd stop sleeping or quit my job and commit to baseball painting full time! That is a stunning painting of Ryan, and he must have liked it. You are much better than the (to my mind) over-rated work of Dick Perez.
Great thread, Ted.

Cheers, Mike

+2 The Ryan is beautiful..

[DJR]

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[Kzoo]

Originally Posted by Michael Peich

That is a stunning painting of Ryan, and he must have liked it.

Mike, Jeremy, Reg.......Thanks for the kind words. Nolan Ryan actually didn't say a word about my painting, he just decided where he thought it should be signed and I agreed (then and now). Also, I had my photo taken with him and the painting, but he really didn't show or express any emotion....the line was long behind me and he was all business....kind of like when he was on the mound.

Matt

[laughlinfan]

I have to admit I would be a bit disappointed if I created something as nice as you did, Matt, and Nolan didn't acknowledge, but I guess he'd probably seen hundreds of painted images in his career. That is one beautiful painting!

Very nice thread - I've always liked picking up original art pieces, especially artwork used in the creation of cards. Anyone else been picking up any of the artwork Upper Deck commissioned for their Masterpieces and other artwork based sets? I really appreciate the talents of some the folks they used for these sets - Chuck Gilles, Ron Stark, Andy Jurinko, Darryl Vlasak,and Arthur Miller to name a few of my favorites. I'll try to post pictures of a few I've picked up.

[bosoxfan]

Originally Posted by Kzoo

Great idea for a thread, Ted...........I've always loved creating art, but with a family and a career, there's not enough time in a day to devote to a new project. (......maybe if I decided to give up sleeping?). I completed this Nolan Ryan, oil on canvas, in '99 and had him sign it at a Chicago Sun Times show a couple years later. The Matty and Cobb are large oil on canvas paintings that I purchased from a local sports bar that closed a few years back.....I think they were commissioned by the owner in the late '80's. Maybe someday in the future I can get back into painting.....I'd love that.

Matt

This painting of Ryan is EXQUISITE. Painting must have been your livelihood and only focus at one time because someone who paints this well can't be doing it just as a hobby. It is truly lifelike

[irishdenny]

Truly coincidental...

A 16 year old young lady (whom I have the honor to call my sweet daughter),
has turned her art talent towards the Baseball World.

Bryanna, has just recently been viewing some of my cards. I showed her a few! I asked her if she thought if she could paint or draw any of them?

Without me asking, she found a picture of Lou Gehrig on the net and this is what she did in an afternoon.

A Photo and a Scan of Lou...

She is Presently working on a few others, an E95 & a Boston Garter Matty. Her work is Just getting better & Better!!!

[CW]

^^ Very cool!

[Kzoo]

Originally Posted by bosoxfan

This painting of Ryan is EXQUISITE. Painting must have been your livelihood and only focus at one time because someone who paints this well can't be doing it just as a hobby. It is truly lifelike

Scott and Rich.....Thanks again for the comments on my work. Rich, I painted the Ryan in my spare time in '99, well before my wife and kids were a part of my now busy life. Art's always just been a hobby for me and I never considered it a viable option to pay the bills. Thanks.........Matt

[jerseygary]

These are the drawings I did for a card 15 card set Negro league historian Gary Ashwill and I recently did in conjunction with the family of Hall of Famer Pete Hill. Best part about the set for me was illustrating all the different uniforms from the many teams Hill played for in his long career...