Life Study of Hank Aaron

3D printed sculpture from the Negro Leagues Baseball Series, handsigned by the artist. A work of contemporary academic realism in portraiture, painted with an acrylic metallic finish over earth tone and color finishes. This portrait was originally sculpted in wax from life during Hank Aaron's appearance at the Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis. Hank Aaron played briefly for the Negro Leagues Baseball team The Indianapolis Clowns before going on to break the career homerun record in MLB. The wax portrait was scanned by the process of photogrammetry in preparation for 3D printing, utiliizing traditional methods with current technological trends in sculpture. Various iterations of this work were exhibited at Bank One Tower in Indianapolis, Elmhurst College, The Birmingham Civil Rights Museum, The National Art Museum of Sport, and The Harrisburg Art Association in Harrisburg, PA.