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THE GREAT CARDINI
medium-pencil drawing....Born Richard Valentine Pitchford, Cardini grew up in wales and practiced magic in the trenches of World War I and in the hospital. After the war he made his way to America, traveling around the world, through Australia, amazing even other magicians with his dexterity and showmanship
FRIDAY
medium-pencil drawing.."This is the city--Los Angeles, California." "I carry a badge." "My name's Friday."
CHANDU
medium - pencil drawing...Classic film about a magician who uses his supernatural powers to stop an evil man from destroying the world with his death ray. Bela Lugosi as Chandu the Magician
RASCAL
medium - pencil drawing ...Carl Dean Switzer (August 7, 1927 – January 21, 1959) was an American singer, child actor, dog breeder and guide. He was best known for his role as Alfalfa in the short subjects series Our Gang......he was also vice president of the He-man Woman Haters club
KANDINSKY
medium - pencil drawing..Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (/ˌvæsɪli kænˈdɪnski/; Russian: Василий Васильевич Кандинский
TEDDY
medium - pencil drawing...With the assassination of President William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the 26th and youngest President in the Nation’s history (1901-1909). He brought new excitement and power to the office, vigorously leading Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy.and he had a lot of teeth
PILLOW TALK
medium - pencil drawing...“Happiness is only for those who have never experienced pleasure.”
PILLOW TALK
medium - pencil drawing....“We were a galaxy exploding into a million pieces, creating a whole new world, as we crashed against each other on the soft surface of his mattress, a cloud in the darkness, our bodies finally falling together like rain.”
PILLOW TALK
medium - pencil drawing........“Si avvicinò ancora per sincerarsi che stesse bene e lei sollevò la testa, bucandolo con due occhi come non li aveva mai visti, neri come quella notte senza luna, occhi capaci di scavarti dentro e prenderti l'anima, solo per farne coriandoli.”
BOY
medium - pencil drawing...Here's an illustration that appeared in Psychology Today magazine
SELF PORTRAIT WITH SHEEP
medium - pencil drawing...I created this piece to use as a business card back when I was hustling as a freelance Illustrator....Somehow grinning sheep popping out of my head made perfect sense at the time
Girl in the feather boa
medium - pencil drawing.......I had a funny feeling as I saw her disappear, as though I had written a poem and it was very good and I had lost it and would never remember it again.
NORMA JEAN
medium - pencil drawing....here's a drawing I created after reading a magazine article about how people can recognize someone with as little information as one eye..I hope you recognize my model Marilyn Monroe
FIRST AND LAST MEN
medium - pencil drawing - tone paper....Here's another Illustration for the First and Last Men serial that ran in Cosmic Frontiers magazine..this Science Fiction novel describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first. Coming up with the visual metaphors for this assignment was the most fun I had as an Illustrator
GENTLEMAN BANDIT
medium - pencil drawing..The story of notorious criminal Gerald Chapman is set against the colorful background of the Jazz Age and follows his daring exploits, including the biggest mail truck stickup in history, his brazen daylight robberies, and sensationalized trial
Happy hour
medium - pencil drawing....All I can say is about this one is Rosa was quite a gal
Lincoln with parakeets
medium - color pencil drawing......Abraham Lincoln became the United States' 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863...one can hardly think of this legacy without imaging multi-colored parakeets flying across his face.??
KLAUS KINSKI
medium - pen and ink...Klaus Kinski must be included among the most radical personalities of the theatre and film world. The self-destructively excessive, extroverted and unapologetic force of nature is my favorite actor of all time...,check out his work with Werner Herzog
HUNGER GAMES
medium - pencil drawing...This was a gift for my wonderful granddaughter Lucy for her graduation from middle school...very appropriate that this is a strong woman with such a fierce look of determination in her eyes
FROM A PICTURE IN A BOOK
medium - pencil drawing..A drawing of a yellowed photograph pressed between the pages of a book
JENNY
medium - pencil drawing..Here's the most important addition to my Phenomenal Women series..my daughter Jenny...this pencil rendering is from a photo I snapped of her when she was about seventeen...from the time when she was my little sidekick to the 'phenominal" woman she has grown to be I have been amazed at the intelligence,talent and strength I find in her..she has stood by my side during some of the dark periods of life and has been responsible for the happiest moments in my life...I hope some of the vast love I have for her comes through in this piece of art