Nixon's 3rd Term

As bad as he was, the Republicans later were far worse.

Nixon Redux

don't really know what "redux" means...

but, in this instance it means---more Nixon!

Nixon

here's a Xmas gift for everyone---

Marie Antoinette

..chop off my head, will ya?

Louis Catris once more

the late Louis Catris

Louis Catris Again

Louis Catris circa 1976

Dragoon Dragon

...so, if we had tails

I spoze our pants and

u-trou would have holes

to accommodate them

or would there be a sheath?

Would those features have

special names?

Laurie

...honestly, her head was wider...

Feather hatted woman

Throughout history, women

have had the finest ornamentation

for their noggins.

Judy Judy and Mike

...friends of Shannon's, I believe, circa 1976

'nuther gent

...I wish the towering hats would

come back in fashion...they

are hilarious.

Gentleman

Gilded Ager

Froggie duded up

...back when weskits were weskits!

Not him again!

Absolutely no idea who this guy was,

but I obviously enjoyed sketching him.

Mystery Man

Here he is again....

Who is that guy?

I found in my sketchbook several

portraits of this guy and I have no

memory of who he was.

Critture 5

Critture 4

variation on a theme

Critture 3

Criture 2

Critture 1

Cathy B

...an excellent songbird...

Brett 77

...rehearsing...

Brett on bass

The long tall man playing bass, circa 1977.

Tom Zappa

I think he looks pretty much the same today.

Younger Andrew Young

Twisted trunk

Yep, love drawing trees trunks....

Lug Mug

...yeah...

Stylish Elizabethan

Of the myriad of ancient modes

of dress, I'd say Elizabethan is

one of my least favorite.

Randy

My college chum, Randy--- sketching

me as I sketch him.

Sophia K again

Pencil rough for a poster of an office-made

movie at Holiday Inn Rez Center in mid '70s

Sophia

OK, not the greatest portrait...

can't really erase colored pencil....

Slawomir Kojro

Slaw was a photographer who lived next door

in a sprawling old house he renovated with his dad.

Big Lug

You'd trust this guy, wouldn't ya?

Scotsman

Seeking red dress

News grouch

News fit to print

Boy, that's a monster cravat....

Meatball Mama

Atsa spicy!

Meatball Girl

...for a greeting card--- 

redone later as a comic

Italian mother...

another Roman matron

Roman matron

Ave!

Krystyna

My neighbor...who was either about to give 

birth or was giving birth or had just given birth...

or am I suffering memory failure? Quite likely.

Hellrake

OK, maybe he's 

not that bad...

Hairy thang

...just scribbling...

Mike Gullotto

My old pal....we can use the Woodhousesque,

"But, Bertie, we were at school together!", 

(elementary, high & college) to bend

each other to our wills

Twisted tree

I sure like drawing gnarly,

twisted trees and roots.

Michael Glascott

my half of a sketching duel

fancy couple

...back when people dressed with

elaboration...

Harry Flashman

The bounder, cad and blighter.