Cross Roads 2011

GRAND CANYON

pencil and paper, on sight, 2004

Grand Canyon,South Rim, 2004

Quick Grand Canyon Sketch 2004

Sunset over Lake Buchanan, Texas
48 x 36, acrylic on canvas, 2006

Cochise: Pat, John, Mikie, James & Norman

A business opportunity out near Burnet, Texas and Lake Buchannan.
Mobile Motorcycle Service (weekends only) ca 1997

The Tradesmen: Brad, Mike, Spike & Norman

Tree Root Snake
ca; 1998

Cross Roads 1990

PAMIE’S MOTHER’S HOUSE

ink on paper, 1989, 8.5 x 11, SOLD.

Farm house in Central Texas near Lake Buchanan.

THE PUMP OUT BACK

ink on paper, 1987, 8.5 x 11, SOLD.

Functional antique hand pump out back of Pamie’s Mother’s house.

Sportster Chuck, 1989, 8.5 x 11

ca 1988

Cochise McBain, sober rock and roll band at the height of our game.

COLORADO BIKER RALLY

ink on paper, 1988, 8.5 x 11.

On the way to Sturgis, SD in 1988 we participated in an all brands motorcycle rally from Colorado Springs to Montrose area. Great fun before being put to work in Sturgis.

FRIENDS

ink on paper, SOLD.
ca. 1986

Riding the New Mexico fire roads up above Socorro and Magdalena.

Boston Bob Rides Again,
Sold
Ink on paper, 1986, 8.5 x 11

My Old Friend Brad
Mescalero New Mexico, 1985
pencil on paper, 11 x 8.5,
SOLD
On a motorcycle road trip Brad's clutch cable broke and the temporary fix was vice grips to secure the cable end at the hand lever. It didn't work for long, but we managed to motor down the mountain to Tularosa where we chanced upon an "All Brands" motorcycle shop that just happened to have a workable cable

Yes, everything has a story to it. Email me if you want to hear this one.....

English Pam’s Sea Shore, 3rd Coast
Practice drawing for 24 x 36 acrylic painting ca. 1984

Sundown on West Ben White Ave, Austin, Texas ca 1983

FLYING

pencil on paper, 1979

Practice drawing for a painting. ca. 1979

Poster idea for an old employer. Bill Newsom had 19 music and boutique retail stores around the South based out of his Norcross Georgia warehouse. ca 1978

Practice sketch for commission ca. 1979
Cahoots the Cat chasing Tweety Bird

TIGERS

acrylic on panel, 1977, 18 x 24, SOLD

PRAY

acrylic on panel, 1977, 18 x 24, SOLD

Fantasy inspired by McKelligon Canyon, El Paso, TX

BEAN ‘FRATE’

ball point on typing paper, 1972.

This was a practice drawing for a 24 x 30 acrylic painting. No telling where that painting is. I was very proud of the surrealistic realism and the techniques I learned while painting it.

The Bean Frate painting
acrylic on canvas, 1986, 30 x 24
not sold, but given as gift
Photo found in box of old photos form 36 years ago.

Escher's Moon Revisited and Refined, 1972
Breaking the rules with straight edge and pen, or just killing time at work

Escher's Night Mare Moon, 1972

Inspired by Aztec history, ca 1968

Balanced Rock
18 x 24 pencil on paper ca 1964
My 8th grade art teacher, Mr. Landers, asked us to draw something from our personal experience. This is my interpretation of the Utah Canyonlands after our summer family vacation.
This drawing on yellowed newsprint paper is 58 years old. My mother saved this and many other works for all those years. Amazing.

7 year old 2nd grade Norman in the local daily newspaper for his first taste of "fame," ca 1957

A little hard to discern, but front left of center is a brontosaurs,
far right is a T-Rex, far left an allosaurus, Not sure just what I've got in my hands, might be a stegosaurus. .