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January 29th, 2014 – Springing to Illustrate Speakers about of Florida Springs

by on Jan.30, 2014, under Caricatures, Illusration, Swampy's Florida

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Last night I was part of a Florida springs symposium with a wide variety of speakers updating the audience about the current status of our natural springs and about upcoming legislation.

My role was creating a unique painting of each speaker during their presentation. A few are on the table below. I have a bit of cleanup to do with each and I’ll post them here in the next week.

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January 17th, 2014 – #DailyInks #17 – Melbourne, Florida, 1950s Construction!

by on Jan.18, 2014, under Cartooning, Swampy's Florida

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Here’s a page from the upcoming ‘Swampy’s Florida: Melbourne’. Swampy and friends off to construct everything in sight as so many did around Melbourne in the 1950s. The book should be available in two months through The Knowledge Exchange.

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January 13th, 2014 – #DailyInks #13 – Gator Valentine!

by on Jan.14, 2014, under Cartooning

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This is one of the drawings being proposed for a set of Swampy’s Florida Valentine cards. I’ll post the color version as it comes along.

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January 12th, 2014 – #DailyInks #12 – Flamingo Valentine!

by on Jan.12, 2014, under Cartooning, What's New?

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This is one of the drawings being proposed for a set of Swampy’s Florida Valentine cards. I’ll post the color version as it comes along.

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January 11th, 2014 – #DailyInks #11 – Swampy’s Florida Cartoon!

by on Jan.11, 2014, under Cartooning

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I inked this on the 11th and colored on the 12. Thought I’d include the finished cartoon.

Here’s the link to the Swampy’s Florida cartoon post: ow.ly/svLEQ</a>

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January 8th, 2013 – #DailyInks #8 – Raccoon

by on Jan.08, 2014, under Cartooning

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As i signed a couple sets of Swampy’s Florida books for the Silver River Museum to sell, I added a critter or two along the way. You can get your copies by going by or contacting the Silver River Museum. Click here to learn more. Here’s a happy raccoon. I have no idea what he’s so happy about. That’s what psychiatrists are for.

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January 7th, 2013 – #DailyInks #7 – Turtle

by on Jan.07, 2014, under Cartooning, Swampy's Florida

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Rob Smith Jr – Turtle Signing – Daily inks 7

As i signed a couple sets of Swampy’s Florida books for the Silver River Museum to sell, I added a critter or two along the way. You can get your copies by going by or contacting the Silver River Museum. Click here to learn more. Here’s a turtle resting along the waters of the Silver River.

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January 6th, 2013 – #DailyInks #6 – Birthday Girl

by on Jan.06, 2014, under Cartooning

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This is a part of the birthday card I made for my dear friend Lucile Fair’s 106th birthday in two weeks. If you are nearby or crossing my path in the next two weeks, it’d be great if you would sign her card. Please send me a message and let me know if you would like to sign her card.

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January 5th, 2013 – #5 – When frogs become mermaids..,

by on Jan.06, 2014, under Cartooning, What's New?

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This is the painting my father got for his birthday this year. Each year the painting involves a frog and some other subject matter. This year it’s frogs and Weeki Wachee mermaids..

The Weeki Wachee mermaids are legendary in Florida. It all goes back to over fifty years ago when young ladies donned some hand made fins to promote Weeki Wachee Springs, a tourist attraction featuring the natural springs that flow out to supply the Weeki Wachee River. The ladies used an underwater breathing apparatus developed by, inventor, Newt Perry, to be able to perform swimming routines underwater that visitors could watch in a specially made theater.

The theater is still there today as are the mermaids. The park is now part of the Florida Park system and visitors still travel there today to watch mermaids dance and swim :

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