Vincent Scilla

As an artist and former ball player in my youth, I've made a bond with baseball. What fascinated me as a boy were the picture cards of ball players from Brooklyn, New York, Chicago and Cincinnati posed against the advertising backdrops of their ballparks.I built my own imaginary ballpark from my erector set and pasted my own advertisements on the walls. Years later, I have taken this same passion to my painting - searching for the feel of those faraway places and to hope that one day I might visit them. I have always be partial to games that involve a club striking an object. I love baseball and ice hockey, which I follow actively as a fan. However, it is golf that I play. Golf is a game for life, a solitary and social game, a game of honor. It is an ancient game with a history and myth. A game that involves landscape and nature which makes it such a pleasure to paint."

Vincent Scilla Images:
Eleven in a Row
Golf Guys
Play Ball-Fall
Play Ball-Summer
Three Friends
Wimbedon, 1924
Wimbeldon, 1936