Random Drawings, ca. 1977-200something

I'm continuing to excavate material as I clean out the studio. Here are several random drawings from notes, letters, and other ephemera, mostly centered from 1977 to about 1983. The academic quarter drawing of an unnamed Morty is one of his earliest appearances, probably in 1978. I included it in a letter and it was never published. A blue card has a draft of Ofeelya from my Tragedy of Morty series. A 1977-drawn two panel view of Seattle anticipated my one-pager for the Seattle Star years later. I think the final page had something to do with one of my brother's plays and is the only piece from Century 21.

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Pillow headstones
Aberdeen, Washington

Drawings in Crayon, ca. 1990

Found these drawings in a giant newsprint pad as I am cleaning out my studio. Probably made about 1989-1990 with my daughter.

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Ocean Shores, Washington

The Legend of the McCleary Coulda-Been Crater

From Olympia Power & Light, September 7-20, 2011.

I still have the old fellow's fishing pole and a little stand he made.


The Legend of McCleary

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Ocean Shores, Washington

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Ocean Shores, Washington

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Ocean Shores, Washington

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Vasa Hall
Hoquiam, Washington

Historic venue for Pacific Northwest early Rock music, including the McCleary's own Titans. We had another band from town in that same era called the Ramrods.

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US 101 crosses the Hoquiam River

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Hoquiam River
Hoquiam, Washington

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East Passage, Puget Sound, Washington
Looking South

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West Seattle and Puget Sound
as seen from M/V Tillikum

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The M/V Issaquah
Puget Sound, Washington

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The neighbor to the bicycle in the tree
Vashon Island, Washington

To Our Comrades Back East

We realize summer has been sort of a bummer for you guys. First, horrible heat, then an earthquake, and now a hurricane.

All we have to complain about in terms of Mother Nature out here in the coastal Pacific Northwest this season is the unusual lack of real summer this year, since we've had mostly rain and overcast most of the time. Pretty mild in comparison to your trials.

Sarah and I have you in our thoughts.