Pop-Realism

by MPitzer|16 September 202203 October 2022|Pop-Realism, Sold, Tootsie Pop Art

The first Tootsie Pop I drew was a smaller Chocolate drawing. It was also my very first internet sale on SaatchiArt.com. But wanting to do something bigger, I decided to draw this Orange Tootsie Pop. I was finally able to...

Cherry Tootsie Pop

by MPitzer|22 August 202203 October 2022|Pop-Realism, Sold, Tootsie Pop Art

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

Roy Rogers Pocket Knife

by MPitzer|22 August 202217 November 2022|Pop-Realism, Sold, Vintage Pocket Knives

This was another one of those cool birthday gifts I got as a kid. I, actually, think it was a promotional tchotchke sent to my Dad when he worked at Willey Sign Company in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. He gave me...

Vintage Barlow Pocket Knife

by MPitzer|20 August 202216 September 2022|Canson Paper, Pop-Realism, Vintage Pocket Knives

Once again, I ran out of drawing paper so I was experimenting with some old Canson paper I’ve had for 35 years. This was my first Barlow pocket knife I bought at the Pte. Tremble Market on M-59 in Algonac,...

Wilson Jack Kramer Tennis Racquet

by MPitzer|20 August 202203 December 2022|Pop-Realism, Vintage Tennis Racquets

There are so many beautiful tennis racquets, pre-graphite introduction, made from laminated wood. As a kid growing up in Algonac, Michigan, I wished I could have owned anyone of these. Eventually, I was able to save up and buy the...

Vintage Zippo Lighter

by MPitzer|20 August 202203 October 2022|Canson Paper, Pop-Realism

Up until I was probably 19, my Dad was a smoker. Then one day he quit cold turkey and never smoked again for the next two-and-half decades. When I was just a kid though, he smoked two packs a day...

1970’s Vintage Squirt Gun

by MPitzer|18 August 202227 September 2022|Canson Paper, Pop-Realism, Vintage Toys

I remember playing in the basement of my Grandma and Grandpa Carter’s house in Royal Oak, Michigan when we were kids. One of the things they had in the basement was a play box, filled with odds and ends for...

GI Joe

by MPitzer|18 August 202227 September 2022|Pop-Realism, Vintage Toys

Okay, what kid didn’t have a GI Joe back in the day? I only had one, but apparently, there was a miss communication between my Mom and my Grandma one Christmas because I ended up with two GI Joe Space...

Cheap Metal Compass

by MPitzer|18 August 202203 October 2022|Pop-Realism, Sold

One of my first real drawing tools was a cheap, stamped steel compass that was made in Taiwan and sold at W.T. Grants. Grants was the only store in Algonac where you could buy everything from your first baseball glove...

Flexible Flyer Sled

by MPitzer|18 August 202203 October 2022|Pop-Realism, Sold, Vintage Toys

Growing up in Algonac, Michigan, you either got skates or hockey stuff for Christmas. Unless you were part of a big family, then you got a group present. I'm not really sure how we ended up with the sled, but...

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