My Gretzky Card Hits Ebay!!!!!!!

Gretzky, acrylic on trading card, 2.5x3.5", 2011

This first of my hand painted Parkhurst cards has finally turned up on Ebay!! I have been monitoring the site, waiting for one to appear. The other cards by other artists were going for an average of $50 after all bidding. My card has had only 3 bids so far and is already at $150!!! I hope you'll check it out HERE. Thanks for the opportunity to do this, Upper Deck. Best of luck to all the collectors out there bidding on this great little masterpiece. - Jared

Upper Deck Reveals the Parkhurst Champions Work

This is a sneak peak at the work I did for Upper Deck on their Parkhurst Hockey series, scheduled to hit the shelves on Oct.20th. I painted 10 cards each of Mark Messier, Wayne Gretzky, and Gordie Howe. Each was painted directly on a blank trading card and will be a very cool pick for some lucky, random customers. You can also see close-ups of these paintings on my Facebook page. Enjoy - Jared

New Job, New Art, New Fans

After wrapping up the Presidential mini portraits for Upper Deck Trading Cards earlier this year, I was contacted by Dr. Brian Price, CEO and President of In The Game Trading Cards, and offered an opportunity to do hand painted cards for the Sport Kings line. After  seeing the loyal attitude that Sport Kings embraces regarding art in their cards, I felt like it was a great chance for me to showcase more of my talents. I signed on with them for the 2012 season. More detail is available about the upcoming work at the Sport Kings website.

The photo included (Magic Johnson) is one of the many cards that will be available for the 2012 release. Hand painted on an actual trading card, signed by me on the back and will be available in packs of cards starting 2012.

Abraham Lincoln

UpperDeck Goodwin Champions Series, acrylic on baseball card, 2½x3½", 2011

Franklin Pierce

UpperDeck Goodwin Champions Series, acrylic on baseball card, 2½x3½", 2011

Millard Fillmore

UpperDeck Goodwin Champions Series, acrylic on baseball card, 2½x3½", 2011

Zachary Taylor

UpperDeck Goodwin Champions Series, acrylic on baseball card, 2½x3½", 2011

James K. Polk

UpperDeck Goodwin Champions Series, acrylic on baseball card, 2½x3½", 2011

John Tyler

UpperDeck Goodwin Champions Series, acrylic on baseball card, 2½x3½", 2011

William Henry Harrison

UpperDeck Goodwin Champions Series, acrylic on baseball card, 2½x3½", 2011

Marin Van Buren

UpperDeck Goodwin Champions Series, acrylic on baseball card, 2½x3½", 2011

Andrew Jackson

UpperDeck Goodwin Champions Series, acrylic on baseball card, 2½x3½", 2011

John Quincy Adams

UpperDeck Goodwin Champions Series, acrylic on baseball card, 2½x3½", 2011

James Monroe

UpperDeck Goodwin Champions Series, acrylic on baseball card, 2½x3½", 2011

James Madison

UpperDeck Goodwin Champions Series, acrylic on baseball card, 2½x3½", 2011

Thomas Jefferson

UpperDeck Goodwin Champions Series, acrylic on baseball card, 2½x3½", 2011

John Adams

UpperDeck Goodwin Champions Series, acrylic on baseball card, 2½x3½", 2011 

The Presidents..... Unveiled

My work for UpperDeck has ended with regards to this project. I completed 220 of these presidential portraits in a period of 4 months - A NEW RECORD BY FAR! The scale of these baseball cards was obviously a major challenge. It wasn't always fun staying holed up in my studio from sun up till sun down, all the while looking like Rick Moranis from "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" with coke-bottle magnifiers and head lamps on display. I used Liquitex Basics and Golden Heavy Body paints along with Golden Acrylic Glazing Liquid (Satin). Enjoy all 22 presidents in the next many posts - Jared

Third Time's the Charm

Gorbachev (prelim sketch), 12x15", graphite/charcoal/acrylic, 2011

This is the 3rd and winning sketch of old Gorbachev. Stay tuned for a nice Communist painting, my comrades:) - Jared

Politicians Wanted: Small Egos Need not Apply!

Jack Kemp (prelim sketch), graphite/charcoal/acrylic, 12x15", 2011

It's smug attitudes like this one that make me want to beat every politician and sentence them to a life of hauling manure on a pig farm. What happened to politicians being "servants" of the people, having careers built outside of politics and only "serving" for a limited time like our founding fathers? Now we have overpaid, inside trading, career politicians, who carry on deviant lifestyles and believe that they are superhuman. I guess I'll have to bite my tongue to get through this painting:) - Jared