Jeffrey Lee's Artistic License

Leon Redbone

2012-02-13T10:27:00.000-06:00

That encyclopedia of early

20th century American music-

Leon Redbone in concert

Desktop with drives

2012-02-10T08:46:00.000-06:00

another sample in Sketch-Up- it's a

fascinating tool

Hard Drives

2012-02-09T08:47:00.000-06:00

I've been doing some work for an old colleague-

computer components drawn in Google's Sketch-Up

3d program...it is very kewl

Cosmic Armada

2012-02-08T08:27:00.000-06:00

...thumbnails of spaceship designs

generated for a Gottlieb video game...

Un-PC Guy

2012-02-07T08:33:00.002-06:00

-nuffsed-

Rocket Ships

2012-02-06T09:55:00.002-06:00

Saxagnome

2012-02-03T12:17:00.002-06:00

Ned Hed

2012-02-02T08:59:00.002-06:00

short attention span

2012-02-01T09:26:00.000-06:00

Hornworm

2012-01-31T08:02:00.000-06:00

Hornhead

2012-01-30T08:16:00.002-06:00

ala Bosch?

Heads & Goon

2012-01-27T08:29:00.000-06:00

Hatchy Hairy Headbone

2012-01-26T08:49:00.002-06:00

Bulby

2012-01-25T09:08:00.002-06:00

Debbie Harry type

2012-01-24T08:40:00.000-06:00

study of a character for

some Gottlieb musical

video game proposal...

Cannon Head

2012-01-23T08:40:00.000-06:00

This character was a prototype

for some Gottlieb video game

which never progressed far,

if at all!

Gee Man

2012-01-19T08:56:00.000-06:00

I think this guy is right out of 60's TV

Furry Gyros

2012-01-18T09:15:00.002-06:00

...just random doodling...

Frenchy

2012-01-17T08:51:00.000-06:00

Bon Jour!

Fish Face

2012-01-16T09:01:00.000-06:00

...don't french-kiss this freak...

Hatch Dood

2012-01-13T08:48:00.000-06:00

doofus

2012-01-12T08:22:00.000-06:00

Big Hair

2012-01-11T08:49:00.000-06:00

Who needs a lower jaw?

"D" is for Dog

2012-01-10T08:34:00.002-06:00

...but, you knew that...

Die Know Sore

2012-01-09T08:22:00.000-06:00

Boots...

2012-01-06T08:42:00.000-06:00

..spur and an old chap....

Appendagi

2012-01-05T07:56:00.000-06:00

Various means of locomotion for

critters in a never-developed

Gottlieb game.

Ah, ha!

2012-01-04T10:34:00.000-06:00

...gotcha!...

Bad Man

2012-01-03T10:19:00.000-06:00

Rough sketch for a video game at Gottlieb

which never got too far...

Whatzit

2011-12-27T10:12:00.002-06:00

about to bump in the night

2011-12-22T09:05:00.002-06:00

Triang Trio

2011-12-21T08:56:00.000-06:00

Give 'em a big hand!

Thingsy

2011-12-20T09:37:00.000-06:00

Third Panel Insert

2011-12-19T09:20:00.002-06:00

Another inset panel design

2011-12-15T10:56:00.002-06:00

Panel Inset rough

2011-12-14T09:37:00.000-06:00

Molly

2011-12-13T09:25:00.002-06:00

Daughter on the phone

2011-12-09T09:07:00.000-06:00

Wonder what she was talking about?

Jumping for Joy

2011-12-07T08:58:00.002-06:00

Yes, he's so joyful!

Figray 2

2011-12-06T09:39:00.000-06:00

figray

2011-12-05T08:29:00.002-06:00

Feetses

2011-12-02T08:46:00.000-06:00

I need to make some furniture

which uses feet like these

whuzzat?

2011-12-01T12:49:00.000-06:00

Dawgster

2011-11-30T09:46:00.002-06:00

spearleaf monument

2011-11-29T09:15:00.000-06:00

critter-haus

2011-11-28T09:32:00.000-06:00

Kootch a-restin'

2011-11-25T09:21:00.000-06:00

Yup, a man's gotta take it easy

from time to time.

Woods a-shootin'

2011-11-24T09:22:00.000-06:00

Our olde buddy, Woods, a-takin' aim at a varmint

Ray's Hollow

2011-11-23T11:02:00.000-06:00

A decrepit shack in North Carolina,

beloved by our pal Walker,

where we Bellwood Boys

gathered on occasion.

Prancing Pony

2011-11-09T09:08:00.000-06:00

Yee-haw!

Head of Horse

2011-11-08T08:51:00.000-06:00

...of course...

painting outline 6

2011-11-07T10:51:00.000-06:00

...to be painted someday soon....

painting outline 5

2011-11-04T09:15:00.000-05:00

Let's dance!

painting outline 4

2011-11-03T09:18:00.000-05:00

pathetic, iddint it?

painting outline 3

2011-11-01T09:21:00.000-05:00

yep, 5 legs is the way to go

painting outline 2

2011-10-31T08:35:00.000-05:00

"Whattaya talking about?"

painting outline 1

2011-10-28T13:23:00.000-05:00

I'm a-gonna do some paintin'....

rough draft head #6

2011-10-25T08:27:00.000-05:00

Ya, used this one, too.

rough draft head #5

2011-10-24T09:06:00.001-05:00

ewww- this one didn't make it either

rough draft head #4

2011-10-21T15:22:00.002-05:00

- I used this one!-

rough draft head #3

2011-10-20T08:26:00.000-05:00

....alas! this specimen didn't make the cut...

rough draft head #2

2011-10-19T08:58:00.002-05:00

...didn't use her, either....

rough draft head #1

2011-10-17T09:24:00.000-05:00

...for a painting...didn't use it....

Jeni & Billy

2011-10-14T09:11:00.000-05:00

Jeni & Billy sing and play

some fine old-timey sounding

tunes of their own composition...

they appeared at the

Fox Valley Folk Festival

in September 2011.

Cohn

2011-10-13T08:31:00.000-05:00

He played old-time guitar stylings

at the Fox River Folk Festival,

but switched to a zither or something

before I could finish the drawing.

Wall

2011-10-12T09:24:00.000-05:00

...to keep that creepy lawyer from looking in the house...

Water Pump

2011-10-11T09:18:00.000-05:00

Yep, an old pump in Lincoln, NM.

Steve Gillette

2011-10-10T09:29:00.000-05:00

Steve Gillette is Cindy's partner in

life and music. A fine singer, he greatly

amused us with a song about Gnus.

Cindy Mangsen

2011-10-07T09:08:00.000-05:00

She appeared on the stage at Fir...

one has to admire an accordian-

playing human.

A view from Fir, CO

2011-10-06T09:44:00.000-05:00

A view to the east (I think) at Fir, CO, colored pencil

Mandolin player at Fir, CO

2011-09-22T10:52:00.000-05:00

This gentleman played mandolin

backup up to Fred Hargrove at

the Rio Grande Scenic Railway

concerts at Fir, CO.

View from Fir, CO

2011-09-21T09:55:00.000-05:00

I believe this view is to the north...Great Sand Dunes

on the other side of the leftish mountains. Drawn while

Weavermania played at the Rio Grande Railroad's

mountain music festival this summer in Fir, CO.

View from Sprague Lake, CO

2011-09-20T08:01:00.000-05:00

Sprague Lake was loaded with vacationers in July,

noisily hiking along the path, but when we climbed a short

way over a rise it was quiet and solitary. Here's a view

to the northwest.

Bear Lake, Colorado

2011-09-19T11:22:00.000-05:00

A view from Bear Lake, CO, in Rocky Mtn Nat'l Park

Musee d' Orsay

2011-09-15T09:10:00.000-05:00

I can only hope someone was sketching me

as I was sketching him.

Cafe de Flore

2011-09-14T14:02:00.000-05:00

I checked out this renowned cafe

because Jim Morrison (oui, I'm a big

fan) spent his last days here, writing

and, no doubt, drinking. I expect

many more luminaries did the same.

I, for what little it is worth, did not

feel at all at home here-- alas, I'm

not a cafe-lounging guy.

Another Django fan

2011-09-13T09:09:00.000-05:00

I borrow some nice

shades of gray markers

from my daughter to

sketch this ElvisCostellian.

Music Lover

2011-09-12T09:11:00.000-05:00

Sat behind (duh) this guy at

the DR festival.

2011 Django Reinhardt Festival

2011-09-09T09:41:00.000-05:00

...On an island in the Seine- a beautiful summer evening....

Djypsy Djazz!

Musee Du Moyens Age

2011-09-08T08:58:00.000-05:00

Antiquarians such as myself love this

sort of place---an oasis of medevial

carving, tapestries, armor and jewelry

tucked into a buzzing commercial

neighborhood.

Monkey in Paris

2011-09-07T09:17:00.000-05:00

I treated myself to some colored pencils

in this city of art and sketched our beloved

and reviled monkey.

Ann in Paris

2011-09-06T08:52:00.001-05:00

....my beloved, reading about

Hemingway's wife....

Americans in Paris

2011-09-02T08:31:00.000-05:00

Here are some not so good sketches of my offspring....

Villa Savoye

2011-08-29T09:22:00.000-05:00

My son suggested an outting to

Villa Savoye in Poissy, designed by

the modernist Le Corbusier and

it is an intriguing structure, well worth

the visit, expecially after the sensory

overload, and let's admit it, excesses

of the Baroque...but this hilarious

out-structure (about 30 feet tall)

caught my sketching eye.

Harry's New York Bar

2011-08-26T10:13:00.000-05:00

At Harry's New York Bar,

birthplace of the Sidecar

and a number of other classic

cocktails, hang old baseballs

and the boxing gloves of Primo

Carnera. The drinks as excellent,

if hideously expensive- but

that's Paris for ya. Next time

I'm packing a flask!

Tour de St Jacques

2011-08-25T08:30:00.000-05:00

Near our apartment and serving as a useful

landmark is the Tour de St Jacques. It is now

the centerpiece of a small park on Rue de Rivoli.

This soaring Gothic tower is the sole remnant of

an ancient cathedral. Here are a few sketches

of its stone critters made while sitting on a bench...

as children, punks and old men milled about.

St. Chapel

2011-08-24T09:26:00.000-05:00

The soaring stained glass windows of

St Chapel are one of the glories of the

City of Light...I sketched this snippet

as a reminder to use this goofy

medieval convention in some future

narrative--- no perspective, huge people,

tiny buildings.

Cafe Lateral, Paris

2011-08-23T10:06:00.000-05:00

Drawn while lunching on steak tartare...

a reminder....

2011-08-22T11:54:00.000-05:00

oh, yeah, don't throw this stuff

in the toilet

two details

2011-08-19T08:14:00.001-05:00

...some of the chintzy decor

within 6 rue Nicolas Flamel...

Rue Nicolas Flamel

2011-08-18T11:54:00.001-05:00

A view from the apartment at 6 rue Nicolas Flamel.

Trumpeteer

2011-08-17T09:22:00.000-05:00

Sketched this at the Quadrangle Club

at the University of Chicago, where they

host improvisational jazz every 1st Friday

evening of the month.

Mighty Sparrow

2011-08-17T00:00:00.000-05:00

So many years I waited to see this great

singer and, alas, it was a shame that I waited...

sadly, the Sparrow is in poor health...hobbled

onto stage and indeed hobbled off stage in

mid-song...we thought he would collapse...

so sad, so sad.

Rosa's lounge owner

2011-07-15T09:23:00.000-05:00

Yep, that's him...don't know who Rosa is.

Rosa's lounge

2011-07-14T09:43:00.000-05:00

...went to hear Melvin Taylor, blues

guitarist and very talented...place didn't

have much to offer in terms of cocktails

which I prefer, so I imbibed this stiff creation.

Drawer Drawn Drawing

2011-07-13T10:43:00.000-05:00

King Apathy at Quenchers

2011-07-12T09:02:00.000-05:00

My daughter's boyfriend, Brandon and

drumster (known collectively as King Apathy)

played at Quenchers (Fullerton & Western)...

I hadn't been to that place since before my

daughter was born! Back in '84, Kootch, Larry

and I were doing production work in Old Town and

we became acquainted with "Old Peculiar" at Quenchers

L.A. Suess

2011-07-12T00:14:00.000-05:00

This friend of Jim Post's met him at the

Java Jive coffee house in Hannibal, MO.

Nice fellow playing the first dobro-style

mandolin I've ever met!

Jim Post as Samuel Clemens as Mark Twain

2011-07-08T10:53:00.003-05:00

Jim Post on the Train To Twain excursion to
Hannibal, MO...he does a great turn as Mark

Twain, telling tales and singing songs. Jim is a well-
known folk musician and he wrote the 1969 hit

"Reach Out of the Darkness" as part of the duo
Friend and Lover.If you enjoy Post, Twain
and/or train rides, check info@highirontravel.com
for the next event. Good food, too.

Open Mikers #2

2011-07-07T09:22:00.000-05:00

...actually, the guy on the left in an observer...who cares, eh?