Home Décor Sports Art

Interior Décor using Sports Art

 Too often sports art is discounted as an attractive piece of wall décor in designing the interior of a home. If your client is a sports fan, and in the case of baseball, you can see how the art makes a nice statement to the home décor.  The design of the room is done professionally and  perfectly composed.  The interior decorator compliments the muted colors of the grey bedspread and headboard, along with the white interior of the walls and then adds the personal touch of the personal character of the homeowner.  They are sports fans. And with its use it gives a nice, clean look to the room without overpowering the interior or drawing too much attention to the art.  It provides a nice balance without the clutter of competing with other parts of the décor.

 It is always of interest and enjoyment for me to see a photograph of how my sports art is used. And I like to see how an interior designer uses my sports art as home décor. I tend to think that my sports art ends up in a den or office space.  But in this case the black and white baseball art is used in the bedroom.  I think that it is a nice addition to the room.

 Sports Art Description

 The baseball art is 24" x 48" acrylic and ink on newsprint and magazine pages mounted to canvas and gallery wrapped.

Art Donation Venice Family Clinic

About the Venice Family Clinic

 This ink drawing on drafting film is this year’s donation to the Venice Family Clinic Art Walk that raises over $800,000 for affordable health care for those who live in poverty.  Venice Family Clinic provides more than 115,000 primary care, specialty care, mental health, dental, and health education visits annually.  For more information about the Venice Family Clinic Annual Event  To visit the on-line auction that features over 200 art works of art by nationally recognized contemporary artists hosted by Artsy.

 This is an opportunity to get one of my sports drawings at a reasonable price.  If you want you can bid my piece on Artsy (click here).  As you may know I have created sports art for a variety of sports teams and stadiums, including Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Bucks, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings and many more.  

 About tthe Venice Family Clinic Auction Piece

 “Safe at Second” is an ink drawing on drafting film of MLB baseball players.The narrative of the drawing of a a base runner sliding into second with the ball being thrown late to the second baseman.Ink on drafting film11 × 14 in.27.9 × 35.6 cm.

Baseball Art of Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Honus Wagner

Baseball Art Honus Wagner Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame

 Honus Wagner Hs been considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time.  And most people know that the Honus Wagner baseball card is one of the most valuable sports card around. The reason it is so valuable is because it was recalled in 1909 and all were destroyed except for a few that got into circulation. At the time, the cards were distributed along with tobacco.   Wagner didn’t smoke and he didn’t like to being included in the tobacco promotion because he did not want to set a bad example for children.

 Honus Wagner’s Hall of Fame Induction Speech June 12, 1939.  Cooperstown,  NY.

 Honus Wagner’s Hall of Fame Induction Speech June 12, 1939.  Cooperstown, NY.    “Ladies and gentlemen, I was born 1874, and this organization was started was 1876. When I was just a kid I said, “ I hope some day I’ll be up there playing in this league.” And by chance I did. Now Connie Mack the gentleman that preceeded me here at the mike, I remember walking fourteen miles just to see him play ball for Pittsburgh. (crowd laughs) Walking and running, or hitchhiking a ride on a buggy, them days we had no automobile. I certainly am pleased to be here in Cooperstown today, and this is just a wonderful little city, or town, or village or whaever we’d call it. It puts me in mind of Sleepy Hollow. (crowd laughs) However I want to thank you for being able to come here today.”

Baseball Image Photograph Sports Art Baseball LA Dodgers

Good Potential for LA Dodgers Baseball Season

 LA Dodgers fans, me being one of them, are excited to see the Dodgers start off with good wins with the strength of their new pitching.  The LA Dodgers might have a really good regular season because they basically have the same team that they had in 2020.  Then they added Trevor Bauer, the National League Cy Young winner and also the strong arm of Corey Knebel backing up in the bull pen.  I am sure that Clayton Kershaw is happy to have the company.

 This does not mean their season will be played as well as last season but it is a nice way to start. And considering the Dodgers, is one of the favorite teams this season, there is some satisfaction in knowing there are a lot of teams that would be thrilled to have their potential.  I know, I know, at this point in writing and showing the Dodgers art it is very, very early to make any kind of prediction to the season’s outcome. Let us hope they play to their ability. 

 So, why do I think the LA Dodgers might have a really good regular season?   It is pretty simple for even a sports artist to figure out.    I do expect the Los Angeles Dodgers expect to win their division championship. But what do I know.  I just paint sports art Good luck.

 About the LA Dodgers Baseball Art

 Here is a piece of art celebrating the Los Angeles Dodgers – a player sliding into home plate with a Yankee catcher tagging him out.  The LA Dodgers painting by sports artist John Robertson is ink and acrylic on a variety of maps of Los Angeles.  The painting is 5 feet by 6 feet.

Baseball Pop Art Left- Handed Catcher Sports Painting

The Left-Handed Catcher 

What baseball play do you think this left-handed catcher would like to be involved with?  A batter in the right side of the batter’s box and a runner trying to go from second to third base.  That’s this left-handed catcher's wheel-house.  That’s the pocket to be sitting in. He doesn’t even have to come out of his squatting stance behind the plate to throw the guy out - a bazooka shot straight down the left foul line  And after this catcher throws out that base runner at third he is going to scowl at the runner, looking through his catcher's mask as if that guy had some nerve just to take a big lead off of second. base. 

Just think, when that catcher was a kid trying out the position as a left hander the coach probably looked over at him behind home plate and yelled out a string of four letter words that meant,  “Get out of there.  You want to play, get on first.”  Because in those days left-handers did not play catcher. You get the eerie feeling that if Thomas Wolfe was the coach he would have told him, “You can never play home.”  The only way a left-hander can get there on his own is by hitting a home run - unless he steals i - which means,. left-handed catchers are as rare as uncooked meat.

The baseball painting of the catcher created in a pop art style is 54” by 71” acrylic on unstretched canvas.  There is no stretcher bars or frame.  It hangs like a banner or tapestry.

The Dodgers at the World Series 2018

Although I want the Dodgers to win in tonight’s World Series game I look forward to watching pitcher Craig Kimbrel of the Boston Red Sox come in as a relief pitcher. I enjoyed watching Craig pitch last night. He has such an unusual stance for pre-pitch stare for the catcher’s signals. Kimbrel said he used to keep his arm behind his back, but that became too painful when he had biceps tendinitis. So he started holding it out to the side. .

MLB Baseball art Atlanta Braves David Justice Painting

Atlanta Braves Art SunTrust Stadium Painting

  I had created three, 15 feet by 8 feet baseball art for the Atlanta Braves at their new SunTrust Stadium.  The paintings, like this one of David Justice is in the Delta  Sky Club in Atlanta, Ga.  David Justice was a three-time MLB All-Star. 

The Painting the three Atlanta Braves Paintings

The Braves gave me great latitude in how I painted the work.  They did provide me a number of photos in which I could choose what players and the plays I wanted to paint.  The three I chose was Chipper Jones, Dale Murphy and David Justice.  These players were all big stars with Atlanta. 

Matt Kemp of the LA Dodgers

I dew on my iPad while watching the first game of the World Series. Top of the second inning Dodgers Matt Kemp hits a solo home run over the Green Monster. It was a good start for the Dodgers but their defensive playing did not hold up through the game.