16″ x 20″ watercolor painting I finished 6 years ago. It’s part of a collection of some 60 paintings I’ve done for my Swampy’s Florida collection.
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Heat of Night by Harry Whittington
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Whittington goes for the melodramatic in this Florida-based fiction. It’s a simple, over-written story that is plopped along Florida’s gulf coast, near Tampa, where Whittington lived. The standard backdrop of a ‘Blow’ tucked into the background to aid the atmosphere. Big developer and Spanish-speaking family added to the most stereotypical story written of Florida in one way or other. I’ve read dozens of these from the late 1800s to present.

In this case, Whittington seems to have been churning a tale out to churn a book out. Despite WHittington’s typical great skill of writing, this book is a step down.

About the Florida part: Far weaker than other Whittington books. He makes up the name of the area as ‘Dead Bay’. He does well capture the fishing village feel. The storm was unneeded and not-well depicted.

Bottom line: I don’t recommend this book. 4 out of 10 points.

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I did this bit of artwork for my friends that make up the band, ‘Jane’s Gang’.
A mascot of the lot was a dog named Jane, thus the name. Years go by and Jane died, but the name lives on.

Don’t remember what I inked this with back then.
The colours are via PhotoShop.

Made up as I drew 2 years ago.

I sketched the proceedings during the annual American Association of Editorial Cartoonists meeting in Saint Petersburg, Florida, July 8th, 2011.
I rarely sketch anymore, except the drawings I do during the live programs.

This one is of one who reasd Kurt Vonnegut and plays sword & sorcery board games.

Below is of a young child dreaming of being a paleontologist.

Made up as I drew a year ago.

A sketch I did while hiking the  Lake Panasoffkee Conservation Area in Florida back in 2010.
I recall rushing through this as thunder approached and, soon, rain. I recall sticking the sketch pad in my carry bag and making my way the nearly mile back to my car as the rains came.
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‘4th of July Picnic’

From last night’s live broadcast.
Made up as I drew, reacting to comments in the chat area.

Noticing the difference not doing live programs for nearly a month.
Gonna try to keep these as much ongoing as I can.

Kuretake brush pen on sketch paper from Miller Pad and Paper.
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