Please join us as we count down the 30 days until the kickoff of Georgia’s 2023 football season with a Plaid Columns painting posted each day. All paintings will be available for purchase as a print in various sizes, and in some cases the original painting will be available. Please enjoy and….GO DAWGS!
Also…please stay tuned if you are fan of another team, as we will sneak in some paintings of our rivals.
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Commit O The G!
mixed media on canvas
43 x 84 inches
This painting was commissioned by The University of Georgia in 2020 to hang in Kirby Smart’s new office. Since it went up on the wall, we have won back-to-back National Championships.
So yeah…I’m proud of this one!
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Vintage SEC
limited edition print
various sizes
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Rose Bowl Uga
limited edition print
various sizes
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Stetson
limited edition print
various sizes
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Third & Ringo
limited edition print
various sizes
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The Classic City
limited edition print
20x15 | 30x22 | 40x30 | 50x38
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Run Lindsay, Run!
limited edition print
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The Gator Bowl
mixed media on panel
30 x 40 inches
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That Dog’ll Bite You!
mixed media on panel
30 x 30 inches
Yesterday Lewis Grizzard made his first appearance in this countdown. The man sure had a way with words, both written and spoken. And perhaps none were finer and funnier than “That dog’ll bite you!”. It was a punchline to a comedy bit, but the line sure applies here.
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Best In Georgia
mixed media on panel
36 x 60 inches
This is one my earliest montage painting, and includes some of my favorite timeless subjects from the State of Georgia. If you know me, then you should have known that somehow Fresh Air would make an appearance in this countdown. The same goes for Lewis Grizzard.
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Georgia vs. Auburn in Piedmont Park, 1892
mixed media on panel
18 x 24 inches
Pretty cool that the first Georgia-Auburn game was played in Piedmont Park in 1892, not far from my house as I type. A lot has changed since then. The train tacks are now The Beltline, which is a pretty big deal for what is really just a fancy sidewalk without a street. One major change in the game of football is that this once heated rivalry has become quite lopsided, with Georgia winning nine of the last ten including six in a row. Sometimes change should be embraced!
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Scott Woerner
mixed media on panel
36 x 48 inches
This painting was made by commission and presented to Scott Woerner at The College Football Hall of Fame in honor of his induction in 2016. If you’re too young to know about him, just know he is one of the greatest players to ever wear the red and black.
Much of the credit for our 1980 National Championship goes to Herschel, and Buck Belue to Lindsay Scott, but without Scott Woerner’s heroics, we would have lost to Clemson early in the season. He returned a punt 63 yards for our first touchdown. Then he made an interception in the end zone and returned it just shy of the goal line, setting up our second touchdown. We held on to win 20-16. And I remember all of it like it was yesterday, listening to Larry Munson on the radio in my grandmother’s house in Jacksonville.
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Bulldog Tee Marker
Univ. of Georgia Golf Course
mixed media on canvas
22 x 30 inches
This is not a painting of your typical concrete Uga that you see on porches and doorsteps all over the state. This is a tee marker from The Univ. of Georgia Golf Course, where the top players go if they want to experience the best in both golf and all-around college experience, and to give it their best shot at advancing to the PGA Tour. Why would you go anywhere else?
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Georgia Theatre
mixed media on panel
48 x 48 inches
If The Arch is THE landmark of The University of Georgia, then the Georgia Theatre is THE landmark of downtown Athens. When I arrived as a freshman, it was known as The Draft House, where you went to see second run movies for $1, and that became my Sunday night ritual.
A couple years later, it was transformed into a music venue, quickly becoming one of Athens’ iconic places to see live music along with the 40 Watt Club and Uptown Lounge.
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Vintage Arch
mixed media on canvas
40 x 48 inches
There is no question that The Arch is THE iconic landmark of The University of Georgia, perfectly located to mark the transition from campus to downtown. There are a lot of things I love about this one, but what stands out to me is the old Varsity at the near corner where a Chic-Fil-A now stands. The nostalgic quality of this image really hits home considering that even the “new” Varsity is now gone.
As a reminder, Peach State Pride’s new Empire South store is opening soon on College Ave. You’ll find Plaid Columns paintings, prints and t-shirts available for sale, and I will be there before kickoff for most home games. I hope to see you there!
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The Arch
mixed media on canvas
36 x 48 inches
Let me clear about something: this is “The Arch”. These are not “The Arches”. There is one arch. It is singular, not plural. f you’ve been saying “the Arches” all these years, you’ve been doing it wrong.
