Paul Nichols Art

Hand Painted Footballs are available for custom orders - just email me at paul at paulnicholsart.com with what you'd like on your football and what size you'd like.

You can opt for a specific player, event, or team.

Generally, the footballs are painted with a white background on 2 of the 4 panels of the ball, then the artwork is added.

Regulation size footballs are $175.00.

A commissioned piece for a big Dawgs fan - asked for both logos and nods to their 12 SEC Titles and 2 National Championships.

Marshawn Lynch Painted Football - "Beast Mode" football.  Ordered by parents of a big Marshawn fan for his birthday.

This Texas Longhorns football was finished just as they were completing their stunning win over Notre Dame this season.

John Riggins Hand Painted Football

Highlighting his Super Bowl 17 MVP performance and his Hall of Fame stats

Kirk Cousins' "You Like That" hand painted football.  Features Cousins' jersey, some Redskins artwork, and his Yardage and TD numbers for the 2015 NFL Season.

John Elway Hand Painted Football - This football features a portrait of Elway, along with the Denver Broncos logo. 

Hand Painted football celebrating the Oakland Raiders.  Wanted to include some retro work, so I added the old "Raiders" swashbuckling wordmark of the 60's & 70's.

Johnny Unitas Hand Painted Football - done for a Christmas commission, this football features John's caricature and a part of the iconic photo of him throwing the football.  I included a few stats and his 1979 election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  The first Baltimore football player I've done, and quite fitting that it's Johnny U.

This hand painted football highlights the Patriots' Super Bowl 49 win over the Seahawks, and features the team logos with a small painting of Tom Brady. Done for a Christmas commission.

Patriots Hand Painted Football

Client asked for a representation of the Patriots logos & colors and for me to highlight their 4 Super Bowl Championships

This University of Michigan football is a "full-coverage" football.  Painted on both sides, these are $275.  The difference you see in the "Michigan" logo art (2nd pic has the "Michigan" text) is because the Client wanted the Michigan logo without the text in the logo.  So the original look (2nd pic) was changed to what you see in the composite photo.

This hand-painted football highlight Robert Griffin III and his iconic "Griffining" pose was a Labor Day project.  I figured the day couldn't pass without me doing SOMETHING, so I grabbed a football and pondered a bit.  Worked about 3 hours on the 1st and another 3 on the 2nd, completing it around 11:00pm.  Posted the football on Facebook and Ebay and in about 10 minutes, the ball was SOLD. 

The photos here show it before it was sealed.  The spray sealer gives it a really nice shine, but makes photos tough due to the reflection, which is why I usually get the photos prior to sealing it.

Baltimore Ravens hand painted football.  This was done more as a practice ball, to get a feel for painting these.  Obviously, because of the surface, it's a little more tricky than painting on a baseball.