18 years in the making

[rnt80]

Nothing ground breaking and it certainly isn't rocket science but it's been a long time coming.  I painted this my last year in highschool (1994) and got it signed almost two years ago when I went with my dad to see Rice get inducted into the HOF in Canton, OH.  I made a mitered frame for the painting to fit in.  The crown was some I had laying around and I attached that to the frame leaving approx. a 1/4" reveal.  I enclosed the whole thing with some 3 5/8" stock that I routed a cove in and then cut a large bevel so that the sides didn't go straight back into the wall (it helps to keep the frame from seeming too bulky).  All of the stock is poplar.  I used Charles Neil's blotch control before staining with some SW stain that I had left over.  That was followed by a coat of lacquer and then some of Mohawk's Van Dyke Brown glaze.

 

[GhostFist]

HOLY______!
[scared]

 

[peter halle]

What a FABULOUS completion to a Fabulous project.  Not only can you do fabulous woodworking, but you can paint too!   [thumbs up] [thumbs up]

Peter

 

[dltflt]

Your are a truly talented man.

 

[lambeater]

Thats pretty impressive. At first I thought it was a photo, Excellent.

Lambeater

 

[jmbfestool]

Very good!

Jmb

 

[ART at WORK]

Great Painting,
it sometimes takes a while to get these old master pieces set up in a why they deserve.

Bet you are pleased you got it done.

[thumbs up] [thumbs up] [thumbs up]

 

[Kev]

What does the #80 mean ?

 

[Zacharytanner]

#80 was his Football Jersey number

 

[Kev]

#80 was his Football Jersey number

Thanks.

Do these guys get a number for life or something?

 

[rnt80]

#80 was his Football Jersey number

Thanks.

Do these guys get a number for life or something?

When you freaking dominate the way that he did!!! Sorry, I get a little excited when talking about Jerry.  Btw, thanks to everyone for the compliments. It was really gratifying to finally get the painting in a frame after so many years. Now I only have a couple of more pieces to go...hopefully it doesn't take another 18 years :/

 

[tiralie]

Nice work. The frame looks great!
With your talent I would have thought you could have taught art rather than American and World History.
NFL films did a special with Gruden and the top players etc. and his comments about Rice are hilarious. Nicknamed him the "GOAT" Greatest Of All Time. He was "Flash 80" 'cause that is what he had on his license plate.
My son must have played that particular episode 25 times.
Tim