Boxing Painting, Sports Art

I have always enjoyed boxing as a sport so it is probably the most common sports image for me to paint .  This boxer is sitting on his stool in the cornere of the ring.  Boxing art is 8" x 10", watercolor and ink on drafing film. 

New York Giants Eli Manning painting

I had painted this larger than life sports art football painting of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning a little while back but it seemed appropriate to post it after their win today and their advancement to the championship game.  This large-scale image of Eli is approximately 3 1/2 feat by 7 1/2 feet, acrylic on unstretched canvas.

Denver Broncos Tim Tebow New England Patriots Matthew Slater

Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow (15) is hit by New England Patriots free safety Matthew Slater (18) on his way to a touchdown in the first quarter of an NFL football game.

Painting is 8" x  10"  watercolor and acrylic on a 11" x 14"  sheet of drafting drafting film

Boxing gloves sports art

The boxing gloves art painting  by John Robertson is 48" x 48" acrylic on stretched canvas.

New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees image football painting

Drew Brees New Orleans Saints Quarterback was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Month for December/January,  Painting is acrylic on gessoed paper that measures 18” x 24”.

Green Bay Packers Ray Nitschke football painting

Painting Ray Nitschke Green Bay Packers.  Linebacker number 66.  Nitschke is my favorite player of all time. Played in the 60’s.    18” x 24” acrylic on gessoed, acid free paper.

Art Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks football painting

Painting Art Philadelphia Eagles LeSean McCoy #25 Running Back 5' 11", 208 lbs and Seattle Seahawks linebacker LeRoy Hill #56, 6' 1", 238 lbs  The football art, painting is 16” x 20” acrylic on canvas backed paper.  Here is a quote from Leroy Hill.    “It's the noise. On game day, it sounds almost the same. I want to say Death Valley is louder, but sometimes, I don't know, man, it gets loud, like really loud out here.”



Art Green Bay Packers painting Clay Matthews

I am a big fan of the Green Bay Packers. Green Bay Packers Clay Matthews intercepted, last Sunday, Eli Manning of the Giants adding 6 points to the scoreboard.  Painting is 18” x 24” acrylic on paper. 

Art Football Painting of Brodney Pool and Pierre Garcon

Painting of # 22 Free Safety, Brodney Pool, New York Jets and  #85 Pierre Garcon is a wide receiver for Indianapolis Colts. This is Garcon’s 2nd season in NFL.  The painting is 16” x 20” acrylic on canvas backed paper.

Painting of Tim Tebow Art

Football Art Tim Tebow Quarterback Denver Broncos painting 16” x 20” acrylic on canvas backed paper.

I like Tim Tebow’s quote. ““I'm just another guy starting out.”

Aaron Rodgers Green Bay Packers Image

Sports art Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers  Painting is 8" x 10" oil on a sheet of 11" x 14" drafting film.

Since the sixties I have been a Green Bay Packers fan when I took a trip back to Green Bay. I spent a couple of weeks there with my best friend. Our afternoons always ended by going out to the Packers Lambeau practice field (which was just across from the old Lambeau Stadium) and watching them in their afternoon practice The field was open and anyone could stop by and watch. These were the days when Green Bay dominated under Vince Lombardi: Bart Starr, Paul Hornung. Jim Taylor, Fuzzy Thurston, and my favorite the great middle lindbacker, number 66 Ray Nitschke who played his entire career at Green Bay. Now-a-days I lean towards the Vikings because my sweetheart is from Minnesota. It is a tough decision during Packers and Vikings games on whom to yell for.

Art Boxing Joe Frazier Sports Art



Art Sports Painting by John Robertson

The painting above is 24” x 30” ink and acrylic on canvas. (available)

One of my all time favorite boxers is /was Joe Frazier.  I watched or heard the three great fights he had with Ali (another one of my favorites).  The painting is typical of how I envision the way most of Joe Frazier’s fights ended.  Over a period of time I have created a number of pieces of boxing art - you can see some of them on this blog by starting at the main page and scrolling down to see recent boxing paintings and drawings   Here is a link to Joe Frazier’s web site:  www.joefrazier.com  

Minnesota Vikings Adrian Peterson image qrt football

Sports Art

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson painting 8” by 10” image on 11” x 14” drafting film. Oil. Some of my family are from or live in Minnesota so I am a big Minnesota Vikings fan – and – of course – fan of Adrain Peterson

Football art by John Robertson

painting available



Baseball Art Albert Pujols St Louis Cardinals

At the World Series Albert Pujols was busy (three home runs, five hits, six runs batted in). 

  Painting is approximately 5 ½” x 9 ½” oil on an 11” x 14” sheet of drafting film.

Mayweather Art Boxing

Boxing Art Floyd Mayweather 60" x 72"

acrylic on unstretched canvas

 I saw a little of the Mayweather Ortiz (the end of it) fight and, although I am not a fan of Mayweather and did not like the end of the fight.   But number one rule in boxing; " protect yourself at all times"  The rules do not say anywhere that the referee will protect you from getting your block clocked.  Of course, the number one rule in life is also " protect yourself at all times"  Ortiz made a major mistake - and like life,"do not let yourself rely on the good graces of another."

Boxing Paintings and Drawings

I have done a series of boxing paintings forty boxing paintings and drawings for this joint art show with my sweetheart Lynn. For those in the neighborhood we're very much looking forward to seeing you on Saturday, September 24th, from 6-8 p.m. in celebrating the opening reception for hook, work from John Robertson and Lynn Hanson. Join us at 1740 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, 90405.. See you soon

sports art baseball bunt

This baseball art bunting player is 8 1/2" by 11" oil on Vellum.

Sports Art Derek Jeter Baseball Art

Derek Jeter Joins The 3,000-Hit ClubOn Saturday July 9th in the afternoon, Derek Jeter became just the second player in MLB history to homer for his 3,000th hit. And no all-star game for him as he says he has"emotional and physical exhaustion" from his pursuit of 3,000 hits.
Baseball art - Painting of Derek Jeter by Sports Artist John Robertson is 11” by 14” oil on Dura-Lar

Yoga Meditation Pose image

I have been practicing yoga (off and on) for a number of years - and have meditated for over twenty years.  I consider the practice of yoga much like a sport.  Some may not consider this a piece of sports art but anyone who has taken yoga certainly knows it can be a tough work-out.  The yoga art is 8 1/2" by 11" oil on Vellum.
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Skateboard Art

I was down at the Venice, Ca. skate park a bit ago and saw this dwarf skating in one of the bowls.  Here he image of the skateboarder grinding on the lip of the bowl.  This sports art painting of the skateboarder is 8 1/2" by 11" oil on vellum.
John Robertson sports artist.

J J Barea Dallas Mavericks basketball image

I was watching the finals of the NBA play-offs between Dallas Mavericks and  the Miami Heat a few weeks ago and loved the play of J J Barea.  This sports art basketball painting of J J is 8 1/2" by 11" oil on vellum.
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Julio César Chávez Sebastian Zbik sports art by John Robertson

I watched a replay of the Julio César Chávez,  Sebastian Zbik boxing match on television a week or two ago.  Good fight.  Body punches did it.  This boxing art painting is 8 1/2" by 11" oil on vellum.

Art Boxing Sports Art John Robertson Artist

I watched a good fight on television last night.  This painting I did a couple of days ago.  I have been a boxing fan since I was a boy and really enjoy painting the boxers in action.  Although I normally paint large-scale art (50" x 70") this boxing art is 8 1/2" x 11" oil on vellum.  It is nice to paint on the flat, smooth surface of the paper.

Art Baseball Images Down First Base line” by Artist John Robertson

"Down First Base Line" black and white art. Artwork by sports artist John Robertson 48" x 84" (4 feet by 7 1/2 feet) acrylic on unstretched canvas

Catching a throw-out from a fielder is easy - catching a line drive down the first base line is hard. But it looks easy from the stands - and artistic. Rule number one for a baseball player - be in the right place at the right time. 

Art Basketball Image player dribbling the ball

I did a series of large-scale (5 ft by 6 ft) black and white paintings for the Amway Sports Arena in Orlando Florida a couple of months ago. (Home of the Orlando Magic) I sometimes do charcoal drawings or small paintings first to see if the image is going to work well. (You can see some of those paintings further down on the blog.) I was running out of paper so I drew this basketball image of a player dribbling the ball on a map.

Art basketball. Sport image on map by sports artist John Robertson

dribbling is 10" x 14" charcoal on paper.

Art Basketball Image player dunking the ball

I did a series of large-scale artwork (5 ft by 6 ft) black and white paintings for the Amway Sports Arena in Orlando Florida a couple of months ago. (Home of the Orlando Magic) I sometimes do drawings or small paintings first to see if the image is going to work well. (You can see some of those paintings further down on the blog.) I was running out of paper so I drew this basketball image of a player dunking the ball on a map.

Art sport drawing Charcoal on paper map by sports artist John Robertson
dunking is 14" x 25" charcoal on paper

Art Basketball Image Players at Venice Beach, CA

Basketball "Defense" sports art painting by John Robertson
60" x 72" acrylic on unstretched canvas

Basketball sports art. The new Amway sports arena in Orlando Florida purchased this basketball art. This is where the NBA Orlando Magic plays. The sports arena opened the first part of October. The sports image came from a photograph I took of the basketball players that play on the courts in Venice CA.  The basketball courts were the ones used when filming the  great basketball movie, "White Men Can't Jump."
Somewhere else on this blog is some more paintings I did for the Amway Sports Arena

Basketball art "The Dunk"

The dunk shot art basketball by John Robertson

48" x 60" acrylic on unstretched canvas

A few years ago I  had painted a series of basketball paintings for Fox Sports Net who then used the sports art for a commercial promoting the upcoming NBA basketball games.  Since then I get requests from clients to paint one for them on commission.  So this is one of the basketball images I painted from the series of paintings I did for Fox Sports Net.

Art Basketball Images "Time Out”

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"Time Out" sports art basketball painting by artist John Robertson is 50" x 70" acrylic on unstretched canvas.

I photograph a lot of basketball players at the Venice Beach basketball courts for use as basketball images for my basketball art. As a sports artist the basketball courts are a good place for a variety of sport images. I like to work from my own photographs when painting sports images. Just a little bit up the beach is a skateboard park. I have gotten some good shots of the skateboarders but have not painted one yet.

Basketball Image Charcoal Drawing of Athlete Dribbling Basketball Sport Art

Sports Art - Charcoal Drawings of basketball players by artist John Robertson

Basketball art is 18" x 24" charcoal on paper



I was sitting around and thought I would do a couple of basketball images, drawings in charcoal. One is of a Los Angeles Laker dunking the ball and the other is of a basketball player dribbling down the court. I was working of the skill of trying to show action and movement in the basketball art. I may use them as a basis for a large-scale black and white painting. If you scroll down on this blog you will see some of the black and white sports art I have done. The most recent were four paintings for the Amway Sport Center in Orlando Florida - where the Orlando Magic play.