Jeff Brain's Art and Poetry

John Barahona: Painter

The images in the gallery are all illustrations done in Corel Painter and Adobe Photoshop. I often work directly on the computer, but sometimes take scans from my sketchbook into the digital realm. I started creating baseball illustrations in 1980 as a writer for the Piedmont TImes, covering UC Berkeley baseball. Instead of photographing the games, I started capturing the energy of the game through my sketches. More recently, I've been writing poetry to accompany my artwork, even performing at The Marsh in Berkeley, reciting my poetry backed by a jazz quartet. Baseball poetry side-by-side with my artwork is driving my current project. This has continued to this day, finally resulting in this online showcase.

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The image below, watercolor and quill pen, from my sketchbook served as the basis for some of the images above: Scouting Report; with short poems added while creating the digital pieces.

LH Pitcher: Painter, Photoshop, done on a plane from SF to LA

Marty Manning, Troy Haymakers, closer; Poem in progress, Painter/Photoshop

Perucho Cepeda to Pfeffer: Painter, Photoshop

Daniel Lopez, Coronado Phantoms Adobe Photoshop

Francisco Rolón: SD Hops rookie pitcher Painter & Photoshop

OF Michael Johnson, San Diego Hops Painter and Photoshop

LH batter: Painter

IF Terrence Sepkiechler Painter & Photoshop

Bill Pua: Painter

Suitcase Jones: Painter

Jonathan Shinn: Painter

Granville Cambra: Painter, Photoshop

Fredrick Beattie: Painter

RH Pitcher: Painter

RH batter: Painter