the josh print...

just finished a limited edition print (12X16) of baseball hero Josh Gibson, and thought you might like a looksee. It's a very limited run of 40 numbered pieces that will be for sale in a few weeks through the great non-profit educational organization 'The Josh Gibson Foundation'.

I worked with Josh's awesome Great Grandson, Sean Gibson on the print, and it's something we're both proud of. The org will be selling 20 signed LE prints as well as 20 'Signed & Remarqued' prints (which feature an original pencil drawing on each print). They'll be available soon through the organization (http://www.joshgibson.org/) or through ArtInsights Gallery in Virginia (http://www.artinsights.com).

I'll also be selling 10 'Signed & Remarqued' Artist Proofs of the print, which also feature an original pencil drawing on each print. If interested, you can contact me directly.

I had a ton of fun doing all of the drawings on the 'Remarqued' prints. Most of the drawings are of Josh, but there are also a few of Satchel as well as one of Babe Ruth (the white Josh Gibson!). here's a few of them, hope you enjoy...

...plus a photo of me and Sean at last year's unveiling of the Josh Gibson statue at Nationals Stadium in Washington DC...

comic book LEGENDS #327...

just remembering the lovely julie schwartz...

he was a pain in the ass and loved to flirt with the young girls, but he was always really sweet to me and told me tons of stories about the 'golden days.'

Little known Julie fact: he was an obsessive baseball fan and was actually at Yankee Stadium on 'Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day' in 1939, and heard Lou give the 'luckiest man on the face of the earth' speech.

awesome.

blue train

was planning on a billie holiday painting next, but have been listening to a lot of saint john coltrane, so have decided to capitalize on that.

I hope Billie doesn't feel mistreated, I guess men were always treating her shabbily.

did you know...?

...that my roomates in college were George Pratt, Kent Williams, and John Van Fleet?

believe it or don't!

favorite movie ever?

...is the Pope of Greenwich Village. Then what's with the Blade Runner drawings? Well, I've never done any sketches from 'Pope', so the best I can offer is stuff from my SECOND favorite movie ever...yup...Blade Runner.

Well, ok, maybe my second favorite movie ever is a tie with Chinatown/the Godfather/A Place in the Sun/Paper Moon/A Very Long Engagement/Taking of Pelham 123/Godfather 2/the Searchers/To Kill a Mockingbird and Blade Runner.

please don't make me decide.

goodbye bernie fuchs...

one of the true giants in the history of American art,  a hero to all of us illustrators.

thank you, Mr. Fuchs.

"prez"

had a good painting weekend, got the first piece in a new gallery series done. The series is one of legendary jazz musicians and vocalists, the painting is of tenor sax genius Lester Young.

Next up is Billie Holiday, of course.