Abraham Lincoln

I liked drawing pictures of presidents, scientists and inventors. Lincoln was the first I ever drew. Other subjects included Washington, Roosevelt, Edison and Einstein.

Pencil (1970)

Self Portrait

Black pencil (1973)

Lon Chaney

In addition to great men, monsters- particularly the classic Universal genre- were high up on the list when I was a kid. I watched all the movies, drew all kinds of monster pictures and even built the Aurora models

Pencil (1973)

Man and woman in embrace

Ninth grade fine arts class drawing
Pen and ink (1976)

Jamaica Bay

Pencil (1978)

Walking in a Forest

Black pencil (1978)

Skull

One of many still life (or more accurately, still death) drawing exercises I did in art class

Pencil (1977)

Groucho Marx

For a time in the 1970's every weekend they'd broadcast all the old Marx brothers movies on one of the independent channels in New York. Groucho was the first "cerebral" comedian and was way ahead of his time.

Print (1978)

Teddy Roosevelt

Black crayon on oak tag (1979)

Wes Montgomery

When I was fourteen I bought my first Wes Montgomery record;
"The further Adventures of Jimmy and Wes" with Jimmy Smith on organ.
To this day I still love that record

Oil on canvas (1979)

Three Realities

Pen and ink (1976)
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