Glass Marbles

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...

Jar of Marbles No.1

by MPitzer|01 December 202215 December 2022|Marbles, Pop-Realism, Vintage Toys

As a kid growing up on the St. Clair River in Algonac, Michigan, it seemed like everyone had their little bag or Maxwell House 2-lbs can of marbles. Myself, I used a mason jar. I still have these sitting on...

Jar of Marbles No.2

by MPitzer|01 December 202215 December 2022|Marbles, Pop-Realism, Vintage Toys

I was working on our backyard here in Fresno, moving a bunch of rock that had at least 40 years of dirt build up in beds. I'd dig 'em up, pour 'em out on the steel grate of our chaise...