MPitzer

by MPitzer|01 October 202203 October 2022|Commissioned Art, Pop-Realism, Sold, Tootsie Pop Art

This is from my "Happy Art" series of drawings. I was hoping to finish all of the flavors of Tootsie Pops before revisiting them. In early September, I received a wonderful commission from a collector who truly wanted an "Orange...

Shakespeare Dopey Vintage Fishing Lure

by MPitzer|27 September 202203 October 2022|Fishing Lures, Pop-Realism, Sold

Early in July of 2019, Lynn and I drove over to Carmel-by-the-sea and Monterey looking for galleries where my work might do well in. One of the galleries we stopped at hadn't even opened yet, but the work was so...

Paw Paw Vintage Fishing Lure

by MPitzer|27 September 202224 April 2024|Fishing Lures, Pop-Realism, Sold

Growing up in Algonac, Michigan, we lived on the St. Clair River with a dock that ran 150 feet out from our front yard. We'd swim in the summer, skate in the winter, and fish every chance we could from...

Monopoly Shoe

by MPitzer|27 September 202203 October 2022|Pop-Realism

As they say, “The game of Monopoly has the unique power to unite and divide a family in the matter of an hour.” Growing up in Algonac, Michigan in a little 3-bedroom, on-bath home, my parents bought us our first...

Juicy Fruit Gum

by MPitzer|26 September 202219 February 2024|Candy, Pop-Realism, Sold

It was almost Christmas and I wanted to share with everyone, a drawing I was working on at the time. It was very special to me because anytime I smell Juicy Fruit gum, I have the most beautiful memories of...

Vintage Duck Call

by MPitzer|26 September 202203 October 2022|Pop-Realism, Sold

If you grew up in Algonac, Michigan, then there was probably a 110% chance that you went duck hunting, knew someone who went duck hunting or found a 12 gauge shotgun shell floating in the reeds somewhere. That's why it...

Chocolate Tootsie Pop

by MPitzer|23 September 202221 October 2022|Pop-Realism, Sold, Tootsie Pop Art

As a kid growing up in Algonac, Michigan, we would hop on our bikes and ride along M29 searching for pop and beer bottles that people had thrown from their car windows. I guess there weren't littering laws back then....

Dairy Queen Vanilla Cone No.3

by MPitzer|23 September 202203 May 2024|Ice Cream Cones, Pop-Realism

The Algonac Dairy Queen sat on the edge of main street at the end of the playground of the old Algonac Junior High. In the summer, we'd ride our bikes uptown and grab a 25-cent vanilla cone and then ride...

Vintage Monopoly Race Car

by MPitzer|23 September 202227 September 2022|Pop-Realism, Vintage Toys

When we were kids, growing up in Algonac, Michigan, we’d actually play Monopoly instead of watching the family’s 19-inch, black and white TV that got three main channels, abc, CBS, and NBC, plus UHF channel 50. Those were are TV...

Hubley Cap Gun

by MPitzer|21 September 202227 September 2022|Pop-Realism, Vintage Toys

If we weren’t looking for pop bottles, we were probably playing Cowboys and Indians. This was my Hubley cap pistol. I must have had it from the time I was 6 until I was 8. I remember my Dad taking...

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