New Yankee Art

A couple of new paintings featuring two pinstriped favorites

Here are two new Yankee paintings I’ve done in the past week. They’re small pieces, but both turned out a little different, and better, than I initially envisioned. I wanted to do a Jeter “Mr. November” piece for the anniversary last week. I was originally going to do a pencil drawing or watercolor of the closeup of him and his face, rounding the bases and raising his fist, when I came across a pic I hadn’t seen before, a wide shot from behind with the Stadium and clock showing the time in the background. I decided to do a little acrylic painting on black mixed media paper, and I really like the way it came out. A nice balance between photorealism and impressionism, and the colors really pop off the black.

The second is a watercolor painting featuring the iconic image of Mantle kneeling in the on deck circle. I was working from a black and white photo reference and decided to get a little more expressionistic with the color. Instead of a straight up shading of his uniform I decided to use a little orange, purple, and blue, and I really like the way it came out. I’m going to start incorporating a little more creativity with color into more and more of my pieces. I also like the composition, only painting the on deck circle part of his environment, and then just using a plain yellow oval for the background. It gives the whole thing a really warm, nostalgic, almost Rockwell-esque feeling.

To see more of my art, or to purchase either of these pieces, visit my gallery store or follow Painting Pinstripes on Instagram. You can also get some of my work on tees and other merch over at TeePublic. If you’d like a sneak preview and some in-progress pics of some bigger, more ambitious pieces I’ll be working on, become a premium subscriber. You’ll also receive 20% off your entire order at my gallery store! With the holiday season kicking off, these could be some very nice gifts for the Yankee fanr in your life. If you’d like to commission something special, just shoot me a message through here, but get the order in ASAP to have it done and delivered by Christmas.

I’m also going to be doing a weekly Yankee live art stream and chat every Thursday to coincide with new podcast episode drops. They’ll generally start between 6 and 10. I’m not committing to a strict time yet. I’m also not sure if they’ll be on Facebook Live or Twitch, or even Instagram Live. I’ll probably do a little on each for the next few weeks and see where the audience is. If I have a decent weekly viewership, I’ll settle down and commit to a sole platform and more consistent start time. Right now, we’ll just see how things go. To receive notifications on when and where I’ll be streaming, become a subscriber. Free subscribers will get notified as well. Thanks for visiting and for the support, enjoy the pics and let’s go Yankees!