Childhood Memories

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 202201 March 2024|Canson Paper, Pop-Realism, Sold, 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...

Grape Tootsie Pop No.1

by MPitzer|13 August 202203 December 2022|Canson Paper, Pop-Realism, Tootsie Pop Art

It's happened a few times now that I've run out of my large rolls of drawing paper while I have the urge to draw. This was one of those times. I went through my flat files and found some Canson...

Algonac Pickerel Tournament Goldfish

by MPitzer|10 August 202217 September 2022|Pop-Realism

Every 4th of July, families from Anchor Bay up to Marine City would head to downtown Algonac for the Pickerel Tournament and a chance to fill up on cotton candy, ferris wheel rides, carney games, and watch our small town...

Marshmallow No.2

by MPitzer|05 August 202220 February 2024|Commissioned Art, Pop-Realism, Sold

The weekend before my show came down at the Fig Tree Gallery, I was at our neighbor's house for a little party. I was talking with a few people about how amazing it was to have a one-man show and...

Jacks

by MPitzer|05 August 202203 December 2022|Pop-Realism, Vintage Toys

Onesies. Twosies. Threesies. Yep, if you know the count, you know I’m talking about Jacks. Boys had green plastic soldiers. Girls had Jacks. Either was considered lethal if left on the floor at night and Mom or Dad stepped on...

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