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  • This is the first in a series of 4 abstract pen drawings from 1971.

    These are the first pieces of art that came straight out of my brain; most of the previous art up until then had been things that I had drawn while looking at something and trying to draw it exactly as it appeared.


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  • This is the second in the series of 4. I was on the road with the band, sitting around our hotel room and they just came out, don't remember what prompted me to begin drawing.

    I used a government issue ballpoint pen that I found in my dads war trunk which he brought home from World War II.



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  • This the third abstract in the series.



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  • This the fourth and last in the series of abstract pen drawings!



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  • This pencil drawing is of my daughter Sarah, she was about 14 at the time I think, may have drawn it as a gift to my parents.



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  • This pencil drawing of my family was a Christmas gift to my parents, I was living on The farm in Summertown, TN at the time, living with a vow of poverty, there was no money, so this was something I could do that didn't have a financial cost.

    I ended up drawing 4 of them as Christmas gifts for parents and grandparents that year, prob about 1976 or 77.


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  • My employment as state art director began in 1987 as Governor Ned Ray McWherter was elected governor. This pencil drawing of him was completed in about 1988 or 89.



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  • This digitally drawn art was created with Macromedia's Freehand Illustration program, I was working at Martin & Co Advertising at the time.



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  • This digitally drawn art of car struts was also created with Macromedia's Freehand Illustration program, one of Martin & Co Advertising's customer was Gabriel Int., for which we did quite a bit of work.



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  • This digitally drawn art of a cutaway tire was also created with Macromedia's Freehand Illustration program, another of Martin & Co Advertising's customer was Bridgestone_Firestone.



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  • This digitally drawn art of a speedboat was also created with Macromedia's Freehand Illustration program, another of Martin & Co Advertising's customer was Bridgestone_Firestone.



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  • This digitally drawn art of a shock absorber with VST technology was also created with Macromedia's Freehand Illustration program, another for Martin & Co Advertising.



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  • This digitally drawn art of a pickup truck was also created with Macromedia's Freehand Illustration program for Gabriel Int., more work for Martin & Co Advertising.



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graphic design noun
: the art or profession of using design elements (as typography and images) to convey information or create an effect;
also : a product of this art

But in the real world, the scenario is:
- “I don’t know what I want, but I’ll know it when I see it.”
- “I like it, but what does it mean?”
- “What would it look like in red?”
- “I know that’s what I asked for, but I don’t like it.”