Lou Gehrig and ALSA Ice Bucket Challenge...

GKreindler

Hey all,

So, a lot of you have probably seen on the news (or on your Facebook and Twitter feeds) that they're a multitude of people dousing themselves with ice water in order to raise awareness and money for the fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. For us baseball nuts, the bug is more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. Plenty of my friends (and millions of strangers) have taken the plunge and have donated tons, and well, I wanted to contribute too.

In a few days (I'm shooting for Thursday), I will be auctioning off a 5" x 7" color study of Lou Gehrig on eBay, with 100% of proceeds going to the ALS Association.

The image I'll be creating is based on the shot below (without the signature, that is):



Anywho, if any of y'all are interested, I'll be posting some in-progress photos on this thread throughout the day tomorrow, and then a link to the auction once it goes live.

If you'd like to learn more about ALS and those it affects, be sure to check out their website:

[url]http://www.alsa.org/[/url]

Thanks for reading, and an extra 'thank you' to Leon for letting me post this.

Graig

ldferg

Good luck. Interested to see your progress.

Lou had some great penmanship.

Dboneesq

Graig ... that's a wonderful thing you are doing. Nice to see someone with such an amazing talent using it to help others.

mattinglymint23

That's a great way to show support. Thanks for sharing and keep us posted.

My niece just posted her dousing so it's all a round me tonight.

Look forward to seeing the study. Good luck.

MULLINS5

Great news! What's the eBay username Graig?

Thanks in advance,

Patrick

GKreindler

Thanks for all of the support, everybody!

Here's an in-progress of the study:



I'm hoping to have it done by tonight or some time tomorrow, with the auction following soon after. I'll certainly keep y'all posted with more in-progress shots, and a link to the auction.

Patrick, my eBay user name is mouna_bowa8zaa.

Thanks for reading,

Graig

GKreindler

Annnnd, here's another update.



Just about done. Auction goes live tomorrow!

Graig

GKreindler

Hey all,

Alright, I got impatient - auction is now live.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=121415964215

Thanks again, all.

Graig

MikeyP

That is beautiful Graig. Good luck.

jwilson6204

just checked out the completed piece on Ebay and it is amazing. The ALS foundation and winning bidder will both benefit from your artistic talents.

elsnorto

I thought this was going to be another copycat IBC.

It turned out to be something way more awesome!

Amazing talent and generosity, Graig... good luck with the auction!

Snorto~

mdkuom

Gehrig

GKreindler

Thank you so much, everybody. I very much appreciate the well-wishes and the bids. It would most certainly be wonderful to see this horrible disease get wiped out in our lifetime.

Graig

ldferg

This looks great!

Dboneesq

Graig ... amazing as usual! Best of luck. Man, you are making me feel old ... Born in 1980? LOL

DrBuster

Nice job Graig. Charity art auction/donations are always a good thing, enjoy doing them myself.

And this is the only ice bucket thing I can stand behind.

rvc

It's looking even better at 1980!

GKreindler

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to mention that the auction for the Lou Gehrig color study to benefit the ALS Association has less than nine hours left to it.

I had tried to add some information to the auction today, but like an idiot, I didn't realize that I wouldn't be able to do so with less than 12 hours left. Argh. So, I thought I'd at least provide that here.

The new photo I added to the auction a few days back is what I got back from my photographers, so it's a lot clearer and sharper.



I also scanned the back, which I signed, as well as included a quote from Sam Jones, which I thought pretty much summed it up: "Lou was the kind of boy that if you had a son, he's the kind of person you'd like your son to be." A truly lovely sentiment, in my opinion.



Anywho, thank you so much for even considering bidding on the auction (not to mention sharing with your friends) for such a great cause. I certainly appreciate it more than I can express, and so does the ALSA and those stricken by the horrible bug.

Thanks for reading and participating!

Graig

59Horsehide

All I can say is WOW! You are a very talented individual and I really "Thank You" for what you are doing and your contribution to defeat ALS. I also like the professional approach you took to promote this effort - sincere and in no way self serving. Great job!

Jim

GKreindler

Aww, thank you so much for those kind words, Jim.

I'm absolutely amazed and humbled at how well the painting has done so far - I just really hope it can do some good for the ALS Association.

Graig

hchcoin

Awesome!

rvc

Great job Graig!