Algonac Jr. High Hammered Lure
I think I was about 11 or 12 years old, in 6th or 7th grade, when we all had to take metal shop and wood shop as a class while attending Algonac Jr. High. Mr. Morris was the shop teacher...
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Paper Cut Model No.4
When I left Wells, Rich, Greene in Century City I got an amazing job as Sr. Art Director at BBDO/San Francisco. The city opened up to me from the evening I arrived until I left for a short stint back...
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1970s Horikawa Fighting Robot
This was my second, actual Horikawa Robot. Although I wasn’t a kid when I got it, I was a kid at heart, partly because I only paid $75. If you could find a mint version with box today, you’d spend...
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Dubble Bubble Gum
I chewed a ton of Dubble Bubble Gum when I plaid for the Dodgers in the Algonac Little League at the old Lions Clubhouse Field. I think I started playing when I was 10 or 11. Aside from chewing Dubble...
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Life Savers Candy
Lifesavers have a very special place in my heart, especially at Christmas time. I remember my Grandma (my Mom’s Mom) would put one of those assorted flavor Lifesaver books in each of our Christmas stockings. OMG, I loved the butterscotch!...
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Slazenger OMEGA Tennis Racquet
My Slazenger OMEGA Tennis Racquet was my very first brand new racquet. It wasn't handed down to me. I didn't find it in the rafters of my Grandpa's garage. It was brand new, with oil-filled nylon strings, and I paid...
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Callen MFG Cap Grenade No.1
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...
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Colony Bowl Bowling Pin
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...
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Orange Tootsie Pop No.3
This is my Orange Tootsie Pop No.3. “No.3” because it’s the third, large Orange Tootsie Pop I’ve drawn and my 2nd large Orange Tootsie Pop commissioned artwork. It’s slightly smaller than the previous coming in at only 35.5" x 71.5”,...
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Jar of Marbles No.2
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...
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