Grape Tootsie Pop No.2
This is another, large Tootsie Pop drawing from my "Happy Art" series that I was just able to finish. It's so easy to get caught up in all of the day-to-day stuff of home and office, that drawings I started...
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60s Vintage Union Roller Skate
This drawing is from my evolving series of artwork I call “Happy Art.” They’re images of things from my childhood that not only make me smile, they bring about wonderful conversations on Facebook. The problem with having steel roller skates back in...
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Gumby
Gumby was just one of those toys you got as a kid, sort of like a G.I. Joe. Over the years I'd had several in various sizes. I also had Gumby's side-kick Pokey. My last was while I was attending...
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Guided Missile Bank
I’m not exactly sure how I got my Guided Missile Bank. It might have been from my Dad who probably got it at Willey Sign Company as some sort of promotion from a local supplier. Can't remember for sure, but...
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Dunlop Maxply Fort Tennis Racquet
I bought my Maxply when I was going the SCCC in Port Huron, Michigan but really didn't use it until I went to Art Center College of Design. Even then, I really didn't get to use it because of how...
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Orange Tootsie Pop No.2
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...
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Monopoly Shoe
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...
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Juicy Fruit Gum
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...
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Vintage Duck Call
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...
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Chocolate Tootsie Pop
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....
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