limited edition prints now available
As many of you will be aware redmatchdaymagazine this season teamed up with one of the country’s top artists, Paine Proffitt. He has been painting the stunning artwork that has gone on the front of the programme covers.
After much feedback from fans we are pleased to offer you the chance to hang some of Paine’s work on your walls!
The covers are actual individual paintings and are available to buy. There are also limited edition framed prints of the programme-cover art now available at www.barewall.co.uk or by clicking here
The limited edition frames look fantastic. There are examples of the frames hanging up in the AFC club shop at Pittodrie to give fans chance to see what they look like.
Paine is an American-born artist living in England, best known for his sporting works and for his depiction of the ‘working man’s life’. The sporting theme in some of Proffitt’s work has seen in exhibitions such as that at Twickenham for the Rugby World Cup in 2007 as well as commissions for football programme artwork with West Bromwich Albion.
For more information about Paine and his fantastic work visit – www.paineproffitt.com
Also make sure you buy a copy of redmatchday each week – there are some fantastic new covers to be revealed!
Paine recently spoke to redmatchday about working with Aberdeen FC. “As an artist and a football fan too, I felt it would be nice to combine the two passions. I spoke to Malcolm who edits the programme and I think we had similar ideas on where we wanted the thing to go, the kind of themes we wanted to explore, so that this wouldn’t simply be just another matchday programme.
“I’m originally from Philadelphia, but when I first came to the UK, coming close to 20 years ago now, one of the most obvious things that you notice is the passion for football, because it does fire such incredible emotions at the grounds. Baseball is probably the closest thing in the States in terms of the tradition, the loyalty, the stories, the family connection, the feeling of embracing great players, but you don’t have the passion at games.
“The work is really all about continuity, about community, about the way football takes on such a central role in the lives not just of individuals but of towns and cities. I’m lucky that in working with this club, there is so much history to draw on. Also, as a fairly isolated, fairly small city, the club plays such a big part in everything, and so much is focused on it. The club has a great archive of photographs, there’s so much to read about in the programmes, so many stories, and that really informed a lot of my work, because it was something I wanted to capture in the paintings. Being able to go back through the archives, through the programmes and to find out so much about the history, that’s just been a thrill for me and I think that enjoyment and excitement has gone into the pieces
“A lot of what matters about sport for me is the way it connects people, the way it connects me to my father, to my family, to my past. At the stadium, you see just how the team goes through generations of families, how it’s such a part of who you are and what you come from, the thread that passes down the generations. That’s the sense I’m trying to get in the covers.”
