Goblin Tales

pix I did of goblin
mythology...I might
have written the
stories (or stole them),
too, but don't recall
what became of them.

panda 6

I like this guy best

panda 5

...the panda about town,...

panda 4

awww...ain't it wistful?

panda 3

this guy's obviously in a hurry

panda 2

a panda with purpose

panda 1

a series of panda studies...
OK, cartoon pandas

prospector

you might say, kindly,
that I was "channelling"
Yosemite Sam

beefcake with shovel

another study of this stud

beefcake

here's a lumpy chap

floundering flather

Yes, I believe that is
the Flather of our Clountry

colonial gent

a revered ancestor

cheex

ain't she poteet?

chik

ain't she sweet

snacky

another from the
unused direction

lunch mouth

a rough thumbnail
for the same project

lunch

hey, let's have lunch!

snacks

another section divider

desserts

...another section of the book....

breakfast

rough section graphic
for a kid's cookbook

Blue, White and Green

Another tiny b'fly...my scrawl
indicates that it sports an
iridescent green.

Orange, White and Black

This was a teensy feller, too.

Red, Orange and Brown

Mid-size critters

brown, orange and white

more small 'uns

Orange and Brown

...I wonder if this specimen sports
orange in order to ward off predators...

butter and brown

...yet another teensy one...

buttery yellow

...'nuther wee one...

Black and Tan

...this was of
diminutive
stature...

Yellow and Brown

Here commences another series
of butterflies sketched from life.

Wild Bill Hickock

One of these days I'll have to
do a portrait of Mild Bill Hickock.

Geronimo

...or maybe you know him as
Goyahkla...

dolphin

No idea how this critter
entered the fray...

blue gal

OK, this one didn't work out
so well, but I like the lower
right "grain".

Andrew Jackson

The famous statue at the center
of Jackson Square in the French Quarter...

Le Rendezvous

...this might have been a
restaurant, although any
place classy enough to display
statuary was probably beyond
my means in 1978.

Boys Will Be Girls

Somewhere in the Quarter
was an establishment with
this name...might still be
there.

Purple tree

...I believe this was sketched
at a city park where the
Louisiana Jazz and Blues Heritage
Festival was held...I remember eating
"dirty rice" and seeing the
Fabulous Thunderbirds that day.
Last year I had the pleasure of dining
at a non-descript eatery called, I think,
Metairie Seafood...great food and large
posters on the wall for nearly every
LJBHF dating back into the 70s.

Lion

From my first visit to
New Orleans, 1978.

Paul

...old Lefty...

Wheat

This is a rather incomplete
template for a wheat sheaf
design on punched tin. I printed
it out full size, then taped it
to the sheet metal and punched
out the holes.

Chicago Map

So, here's where many
of the icons went...onto
a ethnic-location Chicago map.

Squid

Ah, the delicious squid...well, not delicious
so much, but texturous. Amazing that
I managed to make this into a favorite
foodstuff for my kids.

an apple today

...once again, I don't know why
the apple is associated with
Polish ethnicity, but there
you have it!

Jalapeno

Our amigo, the jalapeno.

Kettle

...I think this was
a generic "melting pot"
notion for multiple cultures...

Teapot

...also for the Oriental
section...Surprise!

Bowl of Rice

...this one was used for
a generic Oriental food mart...

Garlic

...another icon for the Italians,
although many cultures would
proudly claim this wonderful bulb...

Mezzaluna

This, I learned, is a mezzaluna...
for chopping foodstuffs. Ann brought
one back from Tuscany.

Espresso Brewer

For years I never drank coffee,
but then we were at the late Gus's
party and he brewed up espresso
on the stovetop and I enjoyed that
as a pick-me-up after drinking. We
had one of these at home, never used,
so I tried it from time to time and
then one night it exploded! Oops!