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Miscellaneous Sketches 2016

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Three legged chicken at Palisades Amusement Park. Tobie, do you remember this?

When I was a kid, I went with Tobie and Dad to Palisades Amusement Park. Tobie really wanted to go to the Freak Show but I was too scared. When I asked her how they got a three-legged chicken, she said, “I don’t know—they paste another one on?”

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This kangaroo mouse guy keeps showing up in my illustrations. Here he is about to leap off a building. But his cousin is relaxing under a tree while listening to some music.

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Here’s the scene at the Salon in Corte Madera. Sketching is something to do while I’m waiting for the color to set.atthesalon

Bolinas house over the water. It’s the most picturesque place in town as far as I’m concerned. Love it!

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Harvey and Eli gave us a concert after dinner at Thanksgiving. They played a great duet! Harvey is a virtuoso clarinetist. And he kinda looks like Benny Goodman :).

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2016

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I always anticipate the annual HSB Festival in San Francisco. Such a gift to our City and to everyone who loves music. This year was wonderful, as always.

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exoticwomanDuring Mavis Staples’ set on Friday night, we sat near this striking looking woman.  She woman didn’t smile or change expression the whole time.  the

We wondered what she was thinking.

 

 

 

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Saturday, we got there early to hang at the Arrow stage where KT Tunstall was the first act. Never heard her name before but we knew some of her hits. Great fun!

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I love the excitement of HSB. Everyone is friendly and happy. The couple next to us came from Scotland for the festival. I also met a woman from North Carolina who is anxious to see Jackson Browne. The many colorful characters of San Francisco have converged on the park.

The bar at Euro

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I just completed a 4 month contract at Euro RSCG. Their current San Francisco office is in the building that was once the SF Press Club. It hosts this great 1920’s bar along with dark wood paneled libraries, an upstairs fireplace, and 3 working phone booths. Additionally, there are big, cushy cubicles where the workers have their own closets, a detail that I loved. Unfortunately, the wiring in the building is also about 100 years old and the place was a nightmare for IT so in June, they’re moving over to Levi’s Plaza to join the ranks of agencies in big, converted loft type spaces. Lots of light, not so much character. Glad I got the chance to capture this unique room for my blog. I may do some work on this as I’d like to add figures and maybe some color to the drawing.

Portland, OR: December 2009

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From my early December trip to Portland.

Went to see my great old pal, Liz Lamade, our former neighbors, the Harts (who we miss), and an old colleague from Modem Robert Sandler, his wife Irene, and their baby Isaac (a cutie). Spent some time wandering around on my own downtown and in the Pearl. It was cold. Great city.

Turns out, Powell’s is a good place to sketch. Would have done a full scale drawing of this guy but was blocked by a bald dude.


Killing time when I missed my train to Seattle, I found the place where I’d had a memorable chicken salad sandwich (the bread was perfect). They were playing 70’s folk rock: Jackson Browne, S & G, Carly Simon, Steve Forbert (?!), Jim Croce on a bad system that kept skipping.