Joe Tinker Mosaic Portrait for Lakeview Baseball Club

Joe Tinker Mosaic Portrait, 2004
vitreous glass mosaic, steel frame, copper.
48″ H x 30″ W x 1.5″ D
Commission

This is the first panel in a triptych featuring portraits of Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance.

Tinker to Evers to Chance: A Tribute to the Chicago Cubs

Here is the full triptych.

Here are the baseball cards the mosaics were based on (circa 1910-11 found at the Library of Congress’ Special Collections website). The cards all shared the orange sky, but since the project was done in stages over a period of a few years, I gave the smaller panels blue skies to avoid confusing people. On the final piece I went with the orange, which I really like. The contrast between the blue and orange works really well.