Raise It For Roberto!

Home Run Painting

Kait in front of her 6ft x 8ft painting of Roberto Clemente

When a client comes to me and requests a commissioned painting, the typical size is usually a small to medium size, but when I was asked if I could paint Roberto Clemente 6ftx8ft, I accepted the challenge. My client Rob who wanted the massive painting wasn’t my average client. Rob is a sports FANTATIC, and has a passion and love to collect sports memorabilia. Now I could have chosen from hundreds of photos of Roberto to paint from, but Rob had a particular photo in mind. It turns out the baseball bat that Roberto is holding in the photo, my client Rob now owns.

Now this isn’t just a baseball bat that Roberto Clemente once used. That alone in itself would be special and something to adore. THIS baseball bat was the bat used for Roberto Clemente’s historic 3000th hit. Not only did I need to make sure Roberto looked incredible, but Rob really wanted to showcase the detail in the baseball bat in the painting as well.

Overall with using acrylic paints to create this special project, it took me about two weeks to complete the massive 6ftx8ft structure. Considering I’m 5’2, to say it was challenging and physically tiresome would be an understatement, but I think we can all agree it was worth it brush stroke. In order to get this bad boy to Rob in Florida, I had to dismantle the canvas, and roll it in order to ship it safely. Once it got to Rob in Florida, not only did the local Boca Raton paper do a fun article on him owning the historic bat, but also USA Today caught wind and also did a feature on Rob with my painting. Forever grateful to a wonderful client!