Monthly Archives: February 2009
Ball point pen on the morning newsprint George Washington is getting a face lift. Perhaps the most iconic image of our first president, Emanuel Leutze's, Washington Crossing the Delaware, is getting cleaned and a new ornate frame. Leutze took many artistic licenses in depicting the historic event. Thats a euphemism for saying it was full of historical inaccuracies, like depicting the crossing in daylight when it happened in darkness, or having horses crossing in small row boats, but the monumental 12 feet high by 21 feet wide painting never failed to draw a crowd at the Metropolitan Museum in New York since it's gifting in 1897. The current frame didn't do the painting justice. Leutze had ordered the original with ornate specifications, including shields at each corner, topped with an eagle crest and a ribbon with the words "First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of ...
Read MoreBall point pen on the morning news Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were both born February 12, 1809, two hundred years ago yesterday. Both were revolutionaries. Both had the unpleasant task of delivering hard truths fully knowing the consequences. Maybe that's why they both suffered from depression. Fortunately, both had the character to deliver those truths. ...
Read MoreBall point pen on the morning newsprint Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Lincoln. "The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature." Abraham Lincoln ...
Read MoreBall point pen on the morning newsprint What world are these guys living in, where you could bankrupt your companies, pursue strategies that bring the whole world's financial system to it's knees, ask taxpayers to pay for your mistakes and believe you not only should keep your job but you deserve a bonus, and a new jet? Nice work if you can get it, And if you get it -- Won't you tell me how? Ball point pen on the morning newsprint ...
Read MoreUptown Magazine My Obama drawing was prominently featured in an article about Obama related artwork in this months issue of Uptown Magazine on sale today. One Note: As a citizen, Barack Obama inspired me, as he did countless others, to put a sign on my lawn and open my checkbook in support of his candidacy. As an illustrator, I had no intention of creating a poster until I was contacted by the campaign and asked to do this drawing. As a professional and one of his early supporters, I was honored to contribute this piece. I'm proud to say that no copyright was infringed in the creation of, no private property was vandalized in the promotion of. no stickers, limited edition prints or T-shirts were sold. I offered it for free download to anyone who found their way here looking for a way to show their support for Barack Obama. ...
Read MoreBall point pen on the morning newsprint In his efforts to presure lawmakers, President Obama is taking his case for the stimulus package directly to the people. Yesterday he held a town meeting in Elkhart Indiana and last night his first prime time news conference as President. ...
Read MoreBall point pen on the morning newsprint Its been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time. Yes it has. It may have been a long time since he rock and rolled, but Plant showed the world he hasn't forgotten how to do the stroll. Led Zeppelin's former front man teamed up with folk singer Alison Krauss and producer T Bone Burnett to record Raising Sand and together they strolled on stage at the Staples Center to collect five Grammy Awards. ...
Read MoreBall point pen on the morning newsprint Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer yesterday. The 75 year old Supreme Court Justices was a Clinton appointment in 1993 and remains the only female on the high court. The cancer was caught in it's early stages. ...
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