baseballcardart – Page 5 – Matthew Lee Rosen

Got tons of concepts in my head, but I can’t paint all of them… so, some become prints. Removed the stats from the back of Barry’s ‘87 Topps… foreshadowing his steroid-inflated numbers & exclusion from the HOF. Did the same for the other juicers. #1987 #topps #baseballcardart #barrybonds #markmcgwire #rogerclemens #rafaelpalmeiro #josecanseco #steroids https://www.instagram.com/p/B-FpO8Sny_Z/?igshid=zbknhm69yha8

A close-up of my Sheffield gum stick… showing off the gradient paint. #baseballcardart #baseballcards #80s #milwaukeebrewers #garysheffield #topps #futurestar #pink #bubblegum #popart https://www.instagram.com/p/B-AZgbYnJW6/?igshid=1pi1dnmcsdg2h

I’m at home… making art. A few days ago I painted a Dwight Gooden gum stick. Yesterday, I painted his nephew… Gary Sheffield. #baseballcardart #baseballcards #80s #milwaukeebrewers #garysheffield #topps #futurestar #pink #bubblegum https://www.instagram.com/p/B92OHOXne2j/?igshid=v42wjma2hqrg

Making my artwork can sometimes be therapeutic. Fitting that I chose to make this piece yesterday… the worst day since the market crash of ‘87. It was the spring of ’87, when Doc failed a drug test, beginning his own crash. #baseballcardart #baseballcards #80s #newyorkmets #dwightgooden #topps #recordbreaker #pink #bubblegum https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ronGYH5ZR/?igshid=xty0c95o5vpw

Made the other half of the Bash Bros… ‘87 Topps Canseco. #baseballart #baseballcardart #baseballcards #topps #80s #pink #bubblegum #oaklandathletics #oakland #markmcgwire #josecanseco #bashbrothers #MatthewLeeRosen https://www.instagram.com/p/B9KT1k0nv3Q/?igshid=m1ye3z8jgvlg

Newest gum stick… the ‘89 All-Star. I gotta rank ’82 & ’89 as the best All-Star designs from the decade. #baseballart #baseballcards #baseballcardart #thehobby #topps #allstar #80s #rynesandberg #chicagocubs #pink #bubblegum #MatthewLeeRosen https://www.instagram.com/p/B9FGCUVn4C4/?igshid=570er3cv9oce

New experiment: the broken gum stick. I’ve symbolically chosen the ‘88 Topps McGwire. He broke the rookie HR record to earn the All-Star Rookie cup… then fractured the game with steroids. #baseballcards #baseballcardart #topps #markmcgwire #oaklandathletics #pink #bubblegum #MatthewLeeRosen https://www.instagram.com/p/B9CRnPfnJiB/?igshid=16jr0yhuzjkff

Portraits aren’t really my thing… I prefer to focus on the design elements of old cards. But @jumbotronart suggested I do one. So… here’s Bo! 1986 @topps traded. #baseballart #baseballcardart #baseballcards #MatthewLeeRosen #topps #toppstraded #bojackson #kansascityroyals #pink #gum #bubblegum https://www.instagram.com/p/B865QZ0HDx0/?igshid=1azm1cmhwo34d

The small Topps Traded sets only required one checklist (1T – 132T)… it makes a cool piece of pop art. #baseballcardart #MatthewLeeRosen #topps #toppstraded #1986 #pink #bubblegum #barrybonds #bobbybonilla #josecanseco https://www.instagram.com/p/B8zJTPdnbbL/?igshid=mwkacet7yehe

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Matthew Lee Rosen (@matthewleerosen) on Feb 19, 2020 at 2:07pm PST //www.instagram.com/embed.js ‘86 Topps Traded checklist (1T – 132T). Bonds, Bonilla and Canseco checked off. #baseballcardart #MatthewLeeRosen #topps #toppstraded #1986 #pink #bubblegum #barrybonds #bobbybonilla #josecanseco https://www.instagram.com/p/B8w77VWnkIK/?igshid=1iby0kglqogz4