1 hour ago, Webber said:

Done. Info on prints and painting notes soon…..

Outstanding 

Stellar work as usual, Webber.

I love the look of the jumper without all the sponsors' logos and AFL insignia.

On 3/2/2022 at 10:01 AM, Webber said:

You’ll also note, no disrespect to Clarry’s attributes, that I’ve made him a better looking rooster than nature has otherwise determined. Still him, but dare I say more handsome. 

Yeah a bit more peroxide, less natural ranga!  Lol

4 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Yeah a bit more peroxide, less natural ranga!  Lol

Let’s call it Strawberry blonde, R(B)G. 😉

Notes on the finished paintings. Print sizes and prices within the week. 

Our Premiership

The overriding impression I’ll retain from our Premiership year - home and away to Grand Final - is that it was so resolutely team-based. In game-plan and actuality. No passengers, all contributors, individual performances enabled only by the whole. 

Where the centrepiece of my triptych ‘Max and Jack’ was about legacy, history and leadership, ‘Our Premiership’ is wholly about teamwork….synergy, support, selflessness. 

Hybridised from a series of pics to allow 3 players arms to point in the same direction, to the Cup of course, the four players featured contain for me multitudes, none less than they boldly offer four full-frontal red yolks. Clayton Oliver, black-booted to denote his singular leadership, is the final "bang" in the Bulldogs coffin, and leads the way. A pure footballer, fuelled by team commitment, competitiveness and an indefatigable will to win, this Mooroopna boy is the perfect role-model for his teammates and a coach’s dream. A Victorian also, a product of footy’s originating state, he’s flanked by teammates from footy’s other heartland states. Ben Brown a Tasmanian, Tom Sparrow a South Australian, Luke Jackson a Western Australian. Together they represent both our national game and the gathering of disparate elements to create a harmonised unit. 

Clarrie points also to his own name, an intentional irony considering that his game-day ethos is so defined by lack of self-interest. Dogga points to Max’s name - his mentor, partner and perhaps successor in the ruck, BBB (a late career recruit) thrilled to be part of the charge. 

Above this quartet sits the named team in full, line by line, ‘followers’ top left (including Captain and Vice-Captain), interchange top right but with no separation from the ‘starting line-up’. James Jordon, the medi-sub, sits next to his housemate, Tom Sparrow.

Mounting the triptych together, ‘Our Premiership’ is intended to sit on the left of ‘Max and Jack’.

Christian Petracca, Norm Smith Medalist. 

A portrait of the athlete as an individual, Christian Petracca is no less emblematic of a total investment in team and club, the essence of which came together in 2021. A no. 2 draft pick, with the inevitable baggage of expectation entailed, CP5’s rise to super-stardom has truly exemplified year on year progress. Committing to a career-length contract in 2021, he represents loyalty - to his teammates, the Melbourne Football Club, and its supporters. Us. Throughout the year and particularly during the finals, his media appearances delivered one dominant sentiment - a power of respect and ‘duty’ to Dees supporters, consistently essayed with naked emotionality. As much as any champion of the club, past or present, Christian Petracca IS the Melbourne Football Club. 

As per “Max and Jack”, and “Our Premiership”, I’ve removed all advertising/paraphernalia from his uniform and changed his boots to red and blue tones. The Sherrin too has been turned from night yellow to traditional red. His key stats (at least to me) as ‘best on ground’ are obvious (I’ve re-instated his record-breaking possession number - asterisk for conversation sake). His goals are ‘tracced’, a cuteness that also allowed me to fit Australian Football goalposts into the triptych. Marcus Bontempelli, a champion himself, exists, reaching, but only in as much as his team’s “colours were lowered" (all the way down) on the day. 

At the moment of action, the Norm Smith Medal lies in Christian’s future, its ribbon denoting a heart-shape - “heart and soul” player that he is and from which his rewards came. The Premiership Medal lies behind, a historic inevitability the moment he stepped onto Optus Oval. Its ribbon suggests a question mark - will there be more? 

My intention for the triptych was to have CP5 on the right side of “Max and Jack”. 

*Please feel free to contact me now if you’d like to complete the set, or have interest in individual prints. 

Brilliant!!!!

I looked forward to the notes since with the first painting they were great. You didn’t disappoint, Webber. All the little Easter eggs!
I especially love that you ‘tracced’ Tracc’s goals. And the meanings behind the ribbon shapes… awesome. 
Can’t wait to have all three paintings together. 

Edited April 21, 20223 yr by WalkingCivilWar
Decided to PM the postscript instead

Hey Demonlanders,

herewith print size and price details….*Fire away on Personal Messaging (if you haven’t done so already) 

Our Premiership 

Original size = 960mm x 800mm (with 20mm white border on 310 gsm paper - Archival grade) = $235
Small size = 600mm x 510mm (20mm border, 310gsm) = $125

CP5, Norm Smith Medallist 

Original size = 960mm x 800mm (20mm border, 310 gsm) = $200
Small size = 600mm x 410mm (20mm border, 310 gsm) = $110

*Note that both ‘Small’ sizes have the same longest side dimension as the “Max and Jack" ‘Small’ print size. 

*Note that the Original size longest dimension is ~ 75% size of the ‘Original’ size ‘Max and Jack’, as was intended at that full size.

    ⁃    Ordering either a single print or both will obviously require only one postage cost, at $15, can arrange for sending to Joeboy for framing as requested.

* Link to high-def image forthcoming….

 

Web ready “Our Premiership” as follows … click on the isolated pic to get best res…

Edited May 2, 20223 yr by Webber

Here’s the completed triptych (finally worked out how to get all 3 at web-ready resolution). Will be doing a print run in next 2 days, so please anyone else (aside from those known) let me know by PM if you’re interested. They are Demonland exclusive currently. 

@Webber Hey R, I finally got around to mounting my Max n Jack set (beautifully framed by @joeboy) in my new (but very old) house.

The positioning isn’t ideal but that’s what happens when indelible marks and cracks in the wall dictate where pics are hung. I think they look awesome anyways. 🙂

15 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

@Webber Hey R, I finally got around to mounting my Max n Jack set (beautifully framed by @joeboy) in my new (but very old) house.

The positioning isn’t ideal but that’s what happens when indelible marks and cracks in the wall dictate where pics are hung. I think they look awesome anyways. 🙂

Hey A, that’s outstanding, and wall glitches notwithstanding, I reckon they look very well hung! Quietly confident there’ll be cause for more painting/s aroundabout this September. 

ps….perhaps a little filler in that cornicing above Max n Jack wouldn’t go astray. 😎

13 minutes ago, Webber said:

Hey A, that’s outstanding, and wall glitches notwithstanding, I reckon they look very well hung! Quietly confident there’ll be cause for more painting/s aroundabout this September. 

ps….perhaps a little filler in that cornicing above Max n Jack wouldn’t go astray. 😎

Yeah, I’ll get on to my landlord about that. I’m sure he’ll drop everything and hotfoot it straight over here to fix it, just as with every other issue with this house. 🙄 

19 minutes ago, Webber said:

I reckon they look very well hung! 

Well you were the artist.

Any exaggerations?

8 minutes ago, binman said:

Well you were the artist.

Any exaggerations?

Well a poster on here did ask Webber who the third player is in the Max n Jack painting. Another poster said that it’s Gus, you can see his helmet. So… 🤷‍♀️ 

edit: Soz if I’ve offended anyone’s sensibilities. 😬 

Edited January 13, 20232 yr by WalkingCivilWar

On 5/3/2022 at 11:08 AM, Webber said:

Here’s the completed triptych (finally worked out how to get all 3 at web-ready resolution). Will be doing a print run in next 2 days, so please anyone else (aside from those known) let me know by PM if you’re interested. They are Demonland exclusive currently. 

Eclipsed Dogga's face...

17 minutes ago, TRIGON said:

Eclipsed Dogga's face...

Shame the same can’t be said about this year’s MFC calendar 😑

Edited January 13, 20232 yr by WalkingCivilWar

Beware the ides...

6 hours ago, TRIGON said:

Eclipsed Dogga's face...

My prophetic subconscious must have known! 

2 hours ago, Webber said:

My prophetic subconscious must have known! 

spooky, that

19 hours ago, binman said:

Well you were the artist.

Any exaggerations?

Only the visible muscles!