Algonac

by MPitzer|24 October 202324 October 2023|Pop-Realism, Vintage Toys

Here's my finished Pop-Realism drawing of a Vintage Callen MFG. CORP. Cap Grenade. I drew this in graphite and colored pencil and the finished size is 18” W x 36” T on paper and had a bunch of friends vote...

Colony Bowl Bowling Pin

by MPitzer|08 March 202309 March 2023|Pop-Realism

When I was 16 years old, I worked as a pin-chaser for $2.25 an hour at The Colony Bowl in Algonac, Michigan. I remember working the back during Saturday night’s Moonlight Bowling League and I’d drop a red pin in...

Dairy Queen Vanilla Cone No.2

by MPitzer|03 October 202207 October 2022|Commissioned Art, Ice Cream Cones, Pop-Realism, Sold

This was my first commissioned art of a Dairy Queen Vanilla Cone that I created for one of our neighbors. I actually like this better than the 72" T one I'm still working on. I think it's the wetness of...

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 202227 September 2022|Fishing Lures, Pop-Realism

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...

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...

Dairy Queen Vanilla Cone No.3

by MPitzer|23 September 202203 December 2022|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...

Imperial Fishing Knife

by MPitzer|21 September 202203 October 2022|Pop-Realism, Sold, Vintage Pocket Knives

If you were a boy growing up on the St. Clair River in Algonac, Michigan, there was a good chance you got hockey gear for Christmas and fishing stuff for your birthday. My parents gave me this fishing knife when...

Wilson T2000 Tennis Racquet

by MPitzer|21 September 202203 October 2022|Pop-Realism, Sold, Vintage Tennis Racquets

The first varsity letter I won was playing tennis. Well, actually, I was on the tennis team and played enough to be given a letter. My favorite tennis racquet was the Wilson T2000 with oil-filled nylon strings. It was the...

1950’s Johnson Sea-horse 5hp Outboard Engine

by MPitzer|17 September 202229 May 2023|Pop-Realism, Sold

Seeing all the posts of the 4th of July Algonac Pickerel Tournament and the boat parade, made me a little nostalgic and got me going on this drawing. I'm pretty sure, almost every family living on the St. Clair River...

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