Which Premier League star is a talented artist?
Jody Craddock is a dab hand with a brush and pallette
Footballers are blessed with more down time than most, but Xboxes, nightclub prowling and the constant need to purchase unnecessary and grotesque luxury lifestyle products generally prevent them from doing anything remotely constructive. Bucking the trend is Wolves captain Jody Craddock, who spends his time away from the pitch cultivating his artistic side.
These portraits look like photos that have been put through Photoshop filters, but on his official website, Craddock assures us that he produced these in front of a canvas and easel with his own fair hand.
The centre-back has asked Twitter followers to help him name the recently finished painting above, settling on “The Huddle”. Presumably, our idea of “Team Talk That Resulted in a 1-0 Defeat” wouldn’t have gone down so well.
Check out some more of Craddock’s work after the jump…
3 responses so far
Boris // October 9, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Definite Photoshop jobs, he scales them up in PS, uses the ‘Cut Out’ filter then paints over it, kind of like tracing. It’s really clear in the black and white Beckham one (who paints in black and white?).
Idiot.
John // October 9, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Boris? reading your comment it looks like you are saying that he is in fact cheating-far from it, the guy is a true artist and if you go on his site you will see this + some of the paintings come from the heart, what are you some failed scribbler.PRAT.
gamblos // October 9, 2009 at 4:22 pm
The Boris comment is the work of true geekness! Must be a sandwell fan?
He’s been painting for years – probably started before photoshop filters. I doubt he’d have got away with it for that long!
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