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!