pink – Page 4 – Matthew Lee Rosen

The trivia questions on the back of ‘85 Topps always make me feel 8-years-old again. Who was the last pitcher to win 30 games in one year? #80s #1985 #topps #baseballcards #baseballcardart #pink #bubblegum #trivia https://www.instagram.com/p/B-U0X0GnqQF/?igshid=1x5g6cxci6wrp

More gum stick fun! #baseballcardart #topps #80sstyle #1989 #josecanseco #rogerclemens #allstar #pink #bubblegum https://www.instagram.com/p/B-PovoPnmeo/?igshid=btzh3x6x2y6z

To conserve art supplies during this period of time, I decided to paint a series of gum sticks on card backs. Rose gambled while managing the Reds, so I gave those teams gum asterisks… their season’s results should be questioned. All art cards are marked 1-of-1 #topps #peterose #cincinnatireds #gambling #pink #bubblegum #asterisk #baseballcardart https://www.instagram.com/p/B-K-OguHdFa/?igshid=1giavdfujp63a

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