1 - Mindoro at Anchor, USS Mindoro CVE 120
Graphite Pencil    July 14, 2004

In the early to mid 1950's I served on this ship. It was towed to Hong Kong for scrap in 1959.
The drawing  is a composite from many photos taken off the Internet.

2 - The Lone Sailor, Norfolk Va
Graphite Pencil    July 18, 2004

In September of 2003 we attended a Navy Escort Carrier Convention in Norfolk, VA.
This statue is near the USS Wisconsin at the Nauticus Center. downtown.
It is a copy of an original in Washington.

3 - Fleur d’ Eve Louis Gintner Botanical Garden Richmond Va
Colored Pencil    July 22, 2004

In May 2003 we visited Richmond, Va. and went to the gardens.
I named the flower  for a neighbor who got me started drawing when she
gave me a box of colored pencils.

4 - First New Car, 1956 Chevrolet Belaire Sport Coupe
Graphite Pencil    July 26, 2004

After getting out of the service I bought my first new car for about $2,400 as I recall.

5 - First New Car, 1956 Chevrolet Belaire Sport Coupe
Graphite Pencil with Color Pencil Highlights    July 26, 2004

A color  highlighted version of No. 4 above made from the original.

6  - China Reflections
Graphite Pencil     August 5, 2004

I thought this was a neat picture. It is from the front of a travel brochure and is the
Summer Palace grounds in what was Peking.

7  - China Reflections
Colored Pencil     August 5, 2004

A separate drawing from No. 6 above in color.

8 - Pennsylvania Railroad No. 1361, 4-6-2 K4 1918
Graphite Pencil    August 10, 2004

A neighbor worked on the Pennsylvania Railroad in the 1940's and
fired a locomotive just like this one.

9 - Rounding Thomas Point Shoals, Chesapeake Bay
Graphite Pencil    August 14, 2004

Ihe last remaining screw pole lighthouse in service on the bay, it is just below Annapolis.
We have toured  two othersat Solomons, Md. and St. Michaels, Md.
in local bay area museums

10 - Thomas Point Sunset, Chesapeake Bay
Color Pencil    August 15, 2004

I made a separate color version of No. 9 for a neighbor who is a collector
of anything relating to a lighthouse.  

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