Penn State Wooden Blocks
$46.95
Blocks aren’t just for kids… These hand cut, hand painted decorative PSU blocks are a great addition to any room. Stack them vertically or horizontally, either way they add a PSU touch to the room. *Please note blocks are only sold in sets of four.* Each block measures 3 ½” x 3 ½” x 3 ½”. The set of four measure 14” h or w x 3 ½” depending on how you stack them.
| Blocks | Lion Logo, Paw Print, PSU #1 |
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Hand cut and hand painted these figurines make a great gift for anyone. Recent graduates would love a memento of their college days and who wouldn’t want to have a little Nittany Lion or JoePa around the house. Also available are Bill O’Brien and James Franklin! At 6 ½” h x 5 ½” w you can collect all of these knick-knacks.
About the Artist:
As an artist, Tom Mosser is always looking around for ideas. In the alleyway dumpster near his studio a discarded tire became a paintbrush to get tread marks on his canvas.
“That’s how I ended up painting with balls,” said Mosser, a Pittsburgh-based painter and muralist whose work appears in sports venues across the country. “If you look around and ask, ‘How can I make art in a different way that hasn’t been done before?,’ you start rolling tires or balls across a canvas and you’re creating art.”
“I don’t think anyone in the history of mankind has demonstrated painting with old basketballs,” said Mosser with a hint of sarcasm, acknowledging there’s no such thing as an original thought but that no other artists that he is aware are painting with tires, balls and shoe bottoms.
Many of Mosser’s clients are professional sports organizations. Using footballs to apply the paint, Mosser completed seven paintings for U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, where Super Bowl LII was played in February. He also contributed 36 pieces to Prudential Arena, home of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, including a 200-foot-by-30-foot mural that is believed to be the largest interior mural in the world.
Inspired by an Andy Warhol quote, the theme of Mosser’s talk at A & I is “ideas,” in that everything that people do is an idea, whether that’s what to eat for breakfast, a shot selection in tennis or, in Mosser’s case, how to create art.
“Ideas and art are all around, you just have to look,” Mosser said. “The idea of looking around you and finding something completely fresh and new, if you do that, stuff happens.”
Mosser is no stranger to engaging audiences or the sports world. From 1990-97 he was the Pittsburgh Pirates’ mascot, the Pirate Parrot, before becoming a full-time, self-employed artist, commissioned for fine art as well as working with commercial clients.
In addition to his sports murals, some of his most successful commissions include “A Golden Retriever at the Museum,” a depiction of his dog, Lucas, staring at a still life painting of a tennis ball, a painting that Mosser said changed his life.
He’s sold nearly 400 prints of the “Museum Series” including 100 in the first five weeks after an image of the first painting went viral. Mosser donated $100 per print to charities including the Animal Rescue League. He has since created other iterations of the painting, including a pink tennis ball for breast cancer awareness.
Mosser has also left his mark in Pittsburgh, where he moved after graduating from Penn State University and growing up in Huntingdon. The mural “The Two Andys,” created in 2005 with Sarah Zeffiro and located on the side of a downtown building on Strawberry Way in Pittsburgh, is a playful reimagining of city icons Andy Warhol and Andrew Carnegie sitting side-by-side in a beauty salon under hair dryers while getting makeovers.
Mosser hopes his appearance at A & I will inspire artists as well as anyone else with ideas to pursue.
“It’s not a question of whether people have good ideas, it’s whether or not they act on them,” Mosser said. “You don’t have to make a living as an artist, but you can still have creative thinking in your life.”
About the Original:
Large heavy weight canvas. Each original is unique and signed by the artist. Watch Tom paint the lion
About Beaver Stadium:
The original Beaver Field was located on the west side of campus and seated 30,000 fans. Named for James Beaver, President of the Board of Trustees, the Nittany Lions played at the original Beaver Field from 1909 until 1959. In 1960, the original Beaver Field was moved to its current location and renamed Beaver Stadium.
Out of all of the State College fall activities, Penn State Football weekends are the quintessential experience. Rather than being surrounded by parking decks and high-rise buildings, Beaver Stadium, where the Penn State Nittany Lions play, is surrounded by fields. On Penn State Football weekends, those fields turn into some of the largest tailgating fields in the country. Fans pack up grills, coolers and yard games and travel to State College from all over in RVs, vans, SUVs, trucks and cars.
Before every home game is one big Penn State picnic — there’s a reason it made the list of America’s Top 10 College Tailgate Cities. When the football game begins, approximately 107,000 fans can be found dressed in blue and white and cheering on their Nittany Lions. It’s an experience you don’t want to miss — don’t forget to buy tickets and a parking pass in advance.
Our “We Are” wall plaque is handmade from natural pine wood and hand painted in PSU Blue. The plaque is ready to hang or it can sit on a shelf or desk. Either way you can show your PSU spirit!
“PSU Stadium Seating ” is on a 16 x 20 pallet of reclaimed Pine. It shows the seating chart of Beaver Stadium as well as the Nittany Lion logo. It comes ready to hang. Because each one is made of reclaimed wood each piece is unique with signs of weathering.
Penn State Loyal is 8” wide by 24” tall. There is no glass on these pieces, instead they have a textured crackle finish. The “O” has been replaced with the state of Pennsylvania and a heart denotes University Park. These pieces are ready to hang.
Lion shrine photo shoots, Mount Nittany climbs, Berkey Creamery ice cream cones, and ordering your diploma frame are just a few of the top things to do before your Penn State graduation. Old Main Frame Shop professionally creates your Penn State Diploma Frame. Choose from one of the many diploma frame selections from Old Main Frame Shop. Your diploma is custom framed to your taste and style. No Kits!! No Pre-Cut Mats!! No Plastic Frames!! No Acrylic!! Each diploma frame is double matted and framed using museum quality materials.
Show your Penn State Spirit with the Penn State School Spirit Diploma Frame! You can choose from diploma frames with Penn State images of either the Nittany Lion or Old Main mounted above your diploma! Finished size is approximately 16 1/2″ x 25″.
Original one-of-a-kind multi-dimensional collage, hand-cut and assembled with mixed media.
There could not be a more appropriate artistic technique than the multilevel, hand cut, mixed media print employed by Steve Szynal (pronounced shin-nél) to capture the glamour and excitement of the many facets of life depicted in his art.
Szynal uses as many as seven layers, not just two or three as other artists use, to create a superior effect in this exciting art form. Each work is meticulously hand-cut and assembled by the artist himself with a supreme dedication to detail.
Steve Szynal graduated from Penn State University in 1987 with a five year professional degree in Architecture. He has become a licensed architect, and owns a successful lighting design firm; both which he draws upon in his art and design. His exceptional talent and technique have given new meaning to 3-D art, as visually exciting, fun, and collectable.
Each diploma is professionally mounted and matted with the Honors Medal (mounted on suede below the diploma).Choose from a selection of black, walnut, or mahogany wood finishes and choose a horizontal or vertical layout for your honors medal diploma frame.
