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February 24th, 2010 - Caricatures for Hospice!

by Rob Smith, Jr. on Feb.24, 2010, under Caricatures

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Here’s Stephanie, who I drew at a fund raiser, 10th Annual Horses for Hospice Trail Ride, for Hospice of Marion County this past Sunday. Click here to learn more about Hospice of Marion County.

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January 31, 2010 - Jeff Kottkamp!

by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jan.31, 2010, under Caricatures

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Here’s Lieutenant Governor Jeff Kottkamp, me and the caricature I drew of him at a fundraiser last week. I was very pleased to learn that the Lt. Governor loves history and the caricature was all about that.

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December 2, 2009 - Caricatures for Christmas!

by Rob Smith, Jr. on Dec.02, 2009, under Caricatures

Want to give a gift of caricature by Rob Smith, Jr.  for Christmas?

Rob is still accepting commissions for the holidays.
All hand drawn and painted by Rob.
You just need to send a few photos and a list of what the person likes to do.
Let Rob use his creative juices to build a unique scene that is special to the person you’d like to give the gift of art to.

Contact Rob:

Toll-Free: 1-877-377-3483

or

E-Mail: rob@robsmithjr.com

Below is a black and white version and below that is color (hand-painted in watercolor):

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July 30, 2009 - A Sisterly Visit!

by Rob Smith, Jr. on Aug.06, 2009, under Caricatures

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I saw my sister for the first time in a couple years with dinner at Black Angus Steakhouse. The restaurant is a new version of the old haunt my sister and I went to in Winter Park during oour childhood days. Above is my father, my sister, her two daughters and me.

Below is a caricature drawn later that day.

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July 10, 2009 - First Amendment Foundation Award!

by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jul.13, 2009, under Books, Caricatures, Cartooning, Editorials, Florida History!, Florida Restaurants, Friends, Sandra, Various, What's New?, What\'s New?

2009-0710-breakers-colorI attended the Friday luncheon of the Florida Press Association at historic The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida. During the luncheon the Florida Press Association presented awards to those of the daily papers. Also given were awards from The First Amendment Foundation. The Pete Weitzel/Friends of the First Amendment Award was given to Pat Gleason, who is an assistant to Governor Charlie Crist on many things including open government. She is a great lady. She assisted Sandra and I when visiting the Governors Library & Sandra donated many of her books. Governor Crist was at the luncheon to present the award. Below is a fuzzy photo of Pat Gleason speaking, to the right of the photo.

I was honored to receive the Sunshine Award for my editorial cartoons on the subject of Sunshine Week. Below the photo are the two Sunshine Week cartoons. My time at Orlando City Hall greatly helped my constructing these two cartoons. Director  Barbara Peterson was a big help!

To the right is a colored sketch of drapery in The Breakers.

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While at the Florida Press luncheon I met Mark Mathes who once editted a ton of cartoonists when he was with Tribune Media Services. Amongst those is cartoonist and editor, Dick Kulpa. Dick was one time editor of the infamous Weekly World News.  I once penciled a week of comics strips for Dick’s comic strip ‘Ghost Story Club’ many years ago.

Anyway, Mark invited Dick over and we went to dinner. Dick and I drew each other and a photo of such is below.

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June 6-10, 2009 - To Charleston, South Carolina!

by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jun.15, 2009, under Caricatures, Friends, Other Travels, Sandra, Various, What's New?

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We made our way north to the annual meeting of the Society of American Travel Writers/Atlantic-Carribean Chapter in Charleston, South Carolina. Upon arriving the Chapter board hit the town and had dinner at a snazzy spot (I forget the name of). Above is a sketch of folks at the bar just beyond our table.

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The next morning (the 7th) I ran outside and got photos, including the one above of a staue of the father of our country.

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There was a reception for the membership. Afterward we went on a ghost tour. Photos below.

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May 30-31, 2009 - Belleview Biltmore!

by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jun.04, 2009, under Books, Caricatures, Florida History!, Sandra

We were at the closing party for the Belleview Biltmore. Above is me sketching in Maisie’s Ice Cream shop in the Biltmore. Below’s a photo I took.

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