My girlfriend and I were invited to attend the DWF's charity event in New York City, and gladly accepted.  The event was held at Bridgewaters at the South Street Seaport.  It was a beautiful location, and everything about the event was tremendous.  The food was outstanding, and who can complain about free drinks?!  I even tried a flavor of Vitamin Water that was previously undiscovered by my taste buds.

I was able to meet David very briefly, and take a quick photo with him towards the end of the night/event.  Tons of thanks to Cathy of making sure that happened.  She was amazing throughout the whole event making sure we were having a great time.

I also met Ron Darling as well, and took a quick photo with him too.  He was very gracious with everyone, taking photos and signing autographs.

Here are a few of the photos from the event.

Tags: bridgewaters, charity event, david wright, david wright foundation, las vegas night, new york city, new york mets, south street seaport
Current Location: Office/Studio
Current Mood: busy
Current Music: None

Today, a friend and I headed down I-75, to take in a Lexington Legends game against the Bowling Green HotRods.  Much to our chagrin, the weather forcasts for Lexington weren't exactly accurate.  The last report I had read said it was going to be mostly cloudly, with a 30-40% chance of isolated thunderstorms.  So, going into it, we were prepared for rain, and not necessarily "ideal" baseball viewing conditions.  Well, we got there, and the weather wasn't friendly...but not in a rainy fashion.  It was now mostly sunny, and at game time a balmy 80 degrees.  By the time it reached the 8th inning, it was 88 degress.  Much thanks to the lady sitting next to us in the front row with the sunscreen, because I would have been Fu-Bared otherwise.  I did, however, to compensate by getting sunburnt on my arm and neck on the nearly 2 hr. drive home.  Always nice.

So, anyways, back to the reason we headed down there.  I wanted to see 2008 #1 overall pick, Tim Beckham, play in-person for the first time, to see what he had going on.  I also had hoped to arrange a photo opportunity with Tim, as he was the subject of one of my paintings this Spring.  He signed the painting, and I sent along some free prints for him to give to family and friends.  I was in contact with the HotRods to try and make something work, and they were great.  They asked more than once, just to be sure, so I appreciate their attempts to make it happen.  Unfortunately, he apparently he didn't like the prints as much as he had let on originally at the signing, as he was unwilling to partake in a "photo opp" with me.  It falls under that parental thing (although I'm thankfully not one, haha)...I'm not so much mad, as I am disappointed. 

So, with that in mind, I did take some shots at the game, and thought I'd post those on here.  We did see a no-hitter through nearly 7 innings of work from Rays prospect, Matt Moore.  He was fantastic.  Great changeup and fastball mix.  I will add another "famous" amateur scouting report on my "tool shed" portion of the site very soon...so check back for that!  Just a shame he got the no-decision in a great outing.  As a side note, Moore turns 20 tomorrow, so early b-day wishes for him!



You'll notice from here on out, all photos posted on my website and anything posted on the web will contain my distinct copyright marks, etc. -- thereby not leaving it up for others to use their judgement in not stealing anything of mine that's not rightfully obtained.  So, thanks for that vendor who stole from me...ruined it for everyone else.

Current Mood: disappointed

I believe I'm ready to call the David Wright painting "finished" finally.  I've sent it off to have it scanned this time around, so hopefully everyone who contacted me about prints regarding the last one, will buy prints of this one when they're available!

I should get the painting back in a little over a week, and then it's off to NYC for the event -- to be followed by my arrival in the Big Apple...for the first time in over a decade!  Yes, I will be attending the event this time around, thanks to Cathy and the wonderful people of the David Wright Foundation!

Well, without further ado, here's the updated photo(s) of the painting:





There's a little bit of glare on the first one, and the second pic is kind of dark...but I took these at like 1:30am last night, so you'll have to forgive some lighting shortcomings I'm afraid.  Thanks for checking these out!

Later,
Jason

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Current Mood: tired

As a part-time sports artist, I was hoping I'd never have to deal with any sort of copyright issues -- but apparently that's not going to happen. 

About a year and a half ago, I worked with a photographer based out of the SF, CA, area, named Lizzy.  She had taken some really great shots of Tim Lincecum and his throwing motion.  I contacted her and obtained her persmission to use the images in creating a "collage"/composite photo of Lincecum.

Upon completion, I uploaded a copy of the image to my Flickr page, with all the necessary copyright marks, etc. on the photo.

I was contacted today, informing me that this image was being illegally sold outside of the Giants AT&T Park in San Francisco, California.  Not only do they not have my permission to use the image for any sort of use, but they definitely do not have my permission to sell the image.  The company that is illegally doing this is Sports Gallery Sports & Entertainment Collectibles.  Their website is: www.sportsgalleryweb.com/

I have sent an e-mail asking that they cease and desist immediately.  Feel free to e-mail them at:
info@sportsgalleryweb.com to voice your opinion on the matter.  I would certainly appreciate any support you could provide during this frustrating time.

I'm currently in the process of pursuing legal action, and if necessary, obtaining an injunction against this company to prevent any further sales of the photograph.

Thanks,

Jason

 

Current Mood: pissed off

Well, I do have some exciting news to pass along -- I was able to have my Matt Wieters painting autographed last week...with the great help of Heather and the Norfolk Tides!!  I can't thank Heather enough...she was a great help.  And, looks like we did it just in time, as Matt is slated to make his Major League debut tomorrow (Friday) for the Orioles.

I'll try and take some shots of the painting, and get them uploaded sometime soon.

In the meantime, I'm going to try and finish up the David Wright painting very soon, and after that, don't actually have too many projects planned, so I'm open to suggestions.

Later all,
Jason

Current Mood: happy

I just wanted to give everyone a quick update.  The David Wright painting is nearly finished.  I added some stronger shadows and more detail to his face and uniform patch yesterday.  Looking very good, if I say so myself.

The Wieters painting is also coming along very nicely, and I hope to have some cool updates regarding that painting as well very soon!

Later,
Jason

I just wanted to pass along a quick update on the Matt Wieters painting.  I've added most of the final shading to his catcher's glove and chest protecter, and hope to move on to finishing up his right arm and catcher's mask next.  Once that's finished, I'll add the final shading and detail to his pants.  And, from there, I'll return to the smaller image, hoping to "tidy" things up with that part of the painting.

Anyways, here's the updated photos.

Later,
Jason




P.S. - I know it sort of looks like he has a "uni-brow" currently...but I've already fixed the shadow...it's just a shading miscue I had to fix.  haha

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Current Location: studio
Current Mood: tired
Current Music: papa roach

I got a chance to work on the David Wright painting a bit today, and wanted to pass along the latest photo.  I finished adding all the initial background coloring and shading, and finished almost all of the detail and shading on his hand and arm.

I still have a lot of work to do on the shading and details to his face, and have to add the patch on his uniform as well.  In addition there are some final details and shading for his uniform, but not a great deal.  Still going pretty well, and I'm fairly happy with it so far.

Well, without further ado...the photo.

Later,
Jason

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Current Location: studio
Current Mood: happy
Current Music: seether, and radio

As promised, an updated photo of the Matt Wieters painting.  I'm still tinkering with the main image, getting the details and final shading in his face, and still have some shading on his uniform and chest protector.  I've started adding more details to the smaller image, adding the base color and shading to his cletes, socks and uniform.  Still quite a bit to do, but it's coming along.

Well, anyways, without further ado, here's the image.  Enjoy.

Later,
Jason

Tags: matt wieters
Current Location: studio
Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: theory of a dead man

I have been making some progress on the Matt Wieters painting -- just not as much as I would have liked so far...but I'm still "pluggin along". 

I'll try and upload some new photos tomorrow, so stay tuned for those!

Later,
Jason

Current Location: studio
Current Mood: tired
Current Music: radio