stillers4me
08-28-2012, 04:02 PM
When Baron Batch got to Pittsburgh in late February, he found an abundance of two things.
One: Free time, because he was one of the few Steelers in town, a second-year running back rehabbing his knee after tearing his ACL the previous preseason.
Two: Blank space on his apartment's walls.
His answer?
"Well," Batch remembers saying to himself, "I’ll start painting. Create my own art.”
So he did. Despite being out of the art game since his much younger years, Batch began filling that empty time and space with vibrant, almost impressionistic paintings -- each offering a distinct style that is pretty much only his.
“It started with one little painting," he said, "and now my apartment’s full. It’s packed.”...........
read more @ http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/visuals/post/_/id/7856/steelers-rb-batch-turns-free-time-into-art
One: Free time, because he was one of the few Steelers in town, a second-year running back rehabbing his knee after tearing his ACL the previous preseason.
Two: Blank space on his apartment's walls.
His answer?
"Well," Batch remembers saying to himself, "I’ll start painting. Create my own art.”
So he did. Despite being out of the art game since his much younger years, Batch began filling that empty time and space with vibrant, almost impressionistic paintings -- each offering a distinct style that is pretty much only his.
“It started with one little painting," he said, "and now my apartment’s full. It’s packed.”...........
read more @ http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/visuals/post/_/id/7856/steelers-rb-batch-turns-free-time-into-art