Week eleven now up and running, Willie the Wimp Cadillac Towing, sometimes we all need a lil towing persuasion. At this point I will be taking a short working holiday time to hit the sketch books. Show will resume upon return to homeport. Stay tuned. Most importantly thank you all for the continued support. It is appreciated.
Holy heck how did that happen? Week ten of the most famous of “Hemp Cruisers” never ever seen in public till now. Get em before their gone, cuz once their gone their gone. Only one the only one. Original art that no one not even me can replicate. Get yours today!
My second published book has hit the streets of Old Town Eureka, California! “Humboldt Bay” is chocked full of local Sea critters from around the local area. Even have a few boats got to have some salty stuff in there as well.
This runs side by side to my Eureka Coloring book as well which is of local Victorian architecture. Get yours today, each go for $20 a piece. Great deal in todays high cost of stuff. If you buy only a couple books a year, then these are two not to miss out on! Thank you for the continued support!
This Cruiser like most works of Art take a life of their own. From the cool wavey curves on this build came the rest and kinda looks like a surf van of some sort, and that is okay too. #9 will be smoking the tires for one week, one week only. On deck is Dragster City #10, pure Mopar!
Sometimes I wonder if people might be checking out my stuff. Unless people come up and tell you, which a few have in the past. Most of the time no one knows. When I was doing shows in Arcata, had my fish tank of hanging sharks and various fish. This was right across the street from Hensel hardware. Upon closer inspection of the big window outside revealed some interesting info. It was chock full of nose and forehead prints imprinted into the glass. That was our check of who was looking at stuff in the gallery. No other windows displaying art had these nose and forehead prints. Amazing the stuff you find!
Humboldt Bay coloring book coming soon to an Art store near you! This book is completely different from the Eureka coloring book & will be full of sea type critters, flying ones too. Gotta have some boat action and don’t forget about our favorite Fisherman sculpture watching over Woodley island. Book should go on sale soon for $20 bucks. Go ART!
Hemp Cruisers week Five continues! Time flies that fast. Car #5 up and running front window display for all your great curbside viewing, no admission charged. Free all day long, night too. Also did a quick change out and put in “My Whales” two copper whales swimming. This is from private collection and is not for sale. However I foresee a new copper whale coming to life.
Show will be showing until the end of 2024. “The Space” located at 620 2nd street old town Eureka is open M-Sat so stop on by when it’s good for you. Get lost in Europe even if only for a short moment. We all need a nice break once in awhile.
Yet another world travel has come and gone, where did the time fly too? This one a fifty day run starting in Spain then heading east to eastern Europe. My third trip to Spain but first for Barcelona. Can’t understand the lingo but some I can. Goal once again, a sketch a day for everyday on the road. Usually, the first ten days are kinda slow then once I’m back to eating normal for other parts of the world game on. First draw was of an Antoni Gaudi facade. Note to self warm up drawing before starting a sketch of this magnitude. Quick stop to an old friend Joyce in southern France then onward to Marseilles & Nice. Nice is very nice but beware of the mosquitos. They feasted on me heavily. From there onward to Venice via Paris. They say “Venezia” please make a note of it. Train to Venezia you depart Venezia Mestre heading for Venezia S. Lucia platform unknown till last minute. Should be called the canals and step adventure. Toss in a few thousand of your closet luggage hauling friends you get the picture. This was the best place I had for food so far. Italian every night right across from hotel. Man that was good. That was until I hit Budapest. Was occupied by Soviet troops up until 1989 welcome to Soviet style buildings. Big and burly, bomb proof. You have “Buda” with the castles on one side of the Danube river. “Pest” on the other side with the big Parliament building. You get Budapest. Most excellent food here. Go directly to the big Market and your nose will point you in the right direction for good food. One nights wandering I found the best restaurant entire trip. Music was playing by a guy on fiddle, another some type string instrument and sitting outdoors streetside. Very nice. From there quick stop in Poland, yet another word for toilet check! Finally Amsterdam and yet another huge walk a thon, think my feet are going to fall off at this point. Amsterdam has more canals than Venice and doesn’t have stairs, I will take that! Van Gogh to red light district, leaning buildings too. Average stay was around six days in each place, some only a few. A week wasn’t long enough in some of these but was an amazing way to see how your life changes with a new set of goals. Go explore everyday. Sketch what you see along the way. Finish your days sketches then log in the journal days events. Too many cool things to remember you have to log it to remember. How fasicinating to go back and read that particular days events and walkabouts. Enjoy!
New idea for me, chart art has been around awhile and thought I’d like to re-visit this once again. My original airbrush “chart art” of Trinidad harbor hangs on my living room wall to this day. Everyone loves a passport stamp so I’ve come up with many of my own styles. Combining local charts with local art scenes is 100% spot on everything!
