SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Carlsbad-based Jewish abstract and figure artist Michael Rosenblatt recently donated his original painting of Padres legend, Tony Gwynn, hitting a home run to the San Diego State University Aztec Baseball team for display at Tony Gwynn Stadium. Rosenblatt personally presented the Tony Gwynn Memorial Painting to the Aztecs for permanent display this past month in a special ceremony with the team.
Rosenblatt’s gallery size, acrylic on canvas 36” x 48” “Tony Gwynn Memorial Painting” combines his two lifelong passions: baseball and painting. Rosenblatt’s signature “endless line style,” use of vibrant colors and energetic line are intended to bring to life a cosmic Gwynn home run blast while a sold-out San Diego stadium cheers for their hero. Exploding stars and pulsating canvas help to depict a larger than life Tony Gwynn. Rosenblatt was moved to create this epic home run moment and wanted to share it with the Aztec Baseball team whose stadium is named after the legend.
Rosenblatt said the burst of bright colors and movement in his paintings stems from his childhood when he experimented with magic markers. He liked the simplicity of the markers, the spontaneity they afforded in putting his thoughts and feelings onto paper and the ability to work with these tools instinctively as a form of expression. Subsequently he studied with the legendary Peter Max among others. “I work intuitively, developing my own style and system,” Rosenblatt told an interviewer. “Creativity flows through me resulting in the shapes and symbols appearing on my paintings.”
Next up for Rosenblatt will be the presentation of a painting called “Tribute to the San Diego Firefighters” to the San Diego Firehouse Museum next month.
Rosenblatt’s li works are on display at the San Diego History Center in Balboa Park, The Oceanside Museum of Art and Gotthelf Gallery, La Jolla. Theartist attended Congressional Beth Israel in the UTC area when he resided in La Jolla and took Krav Maga classes at the JCC. He now works and lives in Carlsbad with his family.
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