#ClarenceClemons and I are from the same area - #Norfolk. The art I did in my hometown promoting #BornintheUSA as a display artist in which I painted a 6” x 6” reproduction of that hung on a #recordstore for thousands to see, earned me 2 platinumalbums, uncommon for a display artist to receive in #1984. One‘s a key piece in my #1980s Exhibit at ART’S UP Gallery , which starts with a memorial drawing I did in #1980 for Lennon from the #Beatles who inspired #Springsteen to pursue music. Norfolk is a very #patriotic region, boasting the largest #navy base in the world. Both parents served - dad is a #KoreanWarVet in his #90s. In my letter I requested that Bruce bring hisvguitar and strum a tune to bring the exhibit to life. Being Born in the USA, I dream big. #nfk #theboss #BruceSpringsteen #usa #military #NOB #supportthetroops #usnavy #usarmy #usairforce #seals #coastguard #oceana #cityofvirginiabeach #mayor #bobbydyer #tidewater #hamptonroads #patriotism #dreambig #americanflag #instagoid #yelp #norfolkva #eighties #artwork #fm99
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Vanished Portrait of "Witch of Pungo" released with Book to Benefit the Virginia Beach Tragedy Fund /
Portait of "the Virginia Beach “Witch of Pungo” went mysteriously missing from the Witchduck Printer. In honor of the 313th Anniversary of her ducking at Witch Duck Point (where I grew up as a teen) I have released the image as a signed numbered edition of the poster (313 copies). Proceeds from 150 posters benefits the Virginia Beach Tragedy Fund. Proceeds from 125 books featuring the portrait on the cover also goes to the same fund. Customers pick up their EXCLUSIVE special edition posters and books at Cool and Eclectic at Pembroke Mall in Virginia Beach. This Special Edition features matching bookmarks featuring rosemary picked directly from Grace Sherwood’s herb garden by her church’s vestry and handed to the author Customers wanting to donate will make payment directly to the Virginia Beach Tragedy Fund: 115 signed, numbered books and 150 prints will benefit the VBTF. Thank you for supporting a good cause and a local author/artist.
Special Edition of 313 “Witch of Pungo” Book and Poster @ Pembroke Mall
Shoe the 757 can call their own /
A shoe design for the 757 to build our brand. Highlighting our region’s rich nautical history, I created a logo framing our 757 with a porthole, added dock rope trim, used a sand colored bottom sole, water blue midsole, and the 4 sides of a boat as the 4 sides of the shoe, emphasizing the STAR of the right side, STARboard, to emphasize that we are the stars of the 757 - this shoe doesn’t represent a single celebrity to add to their vast fortune, but it represents the region and its constituents. The friendly mammal - the dolphin at the front of the shoe serves to represent our welcoming nature, sort of an extended hand. Putting our best foot forward, I want these shoes to be manufactured locally to build “Made in the 757” brand.
30 years later, “Dream Homes” created at a factory, return home, with an uplifting story for location’s new inhabitants - the homeless. /
When you don’t have a studio, build one. If they tear that one down, build another one. The 1st was destroyed. Dust settled, and another went up - couldn’t stop once the call awakens...had to be a more discrete, smaller one, already pushing my luck with new Mgt. Standard paper was too big, so I ripped the old factory invoices in half to fit. The rugged “Dream Homes” were done quickly between assembling doors on the line. The grape wine nuances were freed by my mixing agent - company coffee - black ink turned purple and later, yellows emerged. The invoices sport building history in the area, as well as the KBM logo, builders, and developments. More to come, each piece sports a unique, passionate rip in the mist of pursuing a dream in the hustle of the line.
Art of Witch Vanishes @ Office Max Printer near her Ducking /
I take my originals to Office Max and make prints of my comic strip. I then hold a drawing each week to pick a winner for the a signed print. But when I depicted the Witch of Pungo, the original mysteriously vanished at Office Max. The Operations Manager said they wouldn't throw away an original even if it was a kid's drawing. I asked the printer who printed some of my other strips, and he doesn't know where it went. Good 'ole witchcraft.
Panel 3 of 4 panel comic strip featuring Grace Sherwood, convicted Witch of VA.