Vespa Girl

11"x 14" oil on canvas

Posted November 26, 2024

 

Yashica 8mm Movie Camera

16"x 16" oil on canvas

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Posted October 19, 2024

Revere Eye-Matic 8mm Movie Camera

16"x 16" oil on canvas

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Posted October 18, 2024

Bolex Paillard 8mm Movie Camera

16"x 16" oil on canvas

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Posted October 17, 2024

Wollensak 8mm Movie Camera

16"x 16" oil on canvas

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Posted October 16, 2024

Tin Toy Robot Red

6"x 4" oil on panel

Posted September 24, 2024

sold • private collection

 

VW Bus

46"x 46" oil on canvas

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Posted September 23, 2024

Jiichan's Argus C-3

8"x 12" oil on canvas

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Posted September 18, 2024

Kodak Folding Camera

5"x 4" oil on panel

Posted September 11, 2024

sold • private collection

Revere Eight Movie Camera

4"x 6" oil on panel

Posted September 10, 2024

sold • private collection

Sawyer's Nomad 620

4"x 6" oil on panel

Posted September 6, 2024

sold • private collection

Another One of J's Pencil Sharpeners

 

4"x 6" oil on panel

Posted September 4, 2024

sold • private collection

Argoflex Seventy-Five Camera

12"x 8" oil on canvas

Posted April 22, 2023

 

Rotary Phone Red

20"x 30" oil on canvas

Posted August 29, 2022

sold • private collection

 

The Big Boy

56"x 44" oil on canvas ••• The original "Bob's" was located in Glendale, California—my hometown. It went from being a 10-stool hamburger stand to a drive-in restaurant. I would not say that my family went there on a regular basis, but we went enough to lodge memories of the young waitresses coming out and hanging food trays on the doors of our huge family station wagon. • That restaurant is long gone, but the statue in my painting is still out in front of the oldest remaining Bob’s Big Boy in America. It is located in Burbank, California and is still open for business.

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See Raymond's Work at George Billis Gallery/LA 

Posted November 15, 2021

sold • private collection

 

Lollipop Red

6"x4" oil on panel

Posted June 2, 2021

Birdseye Flash Camera

6"x4" oil on panel

Posted May 20, 2021

 
sold • private collection

Keystone Projector

4"x6" oil on panel

Posted May 18, 2021

sold • private collection

 

Low Chuck Strawberry Jam

4"x6" oil on panel

Posted May 16, 2021

sold • private collection

 

Jar of Spice Candies

6"x4" oil on panel ••• Frankly, I found these candies revolting. • For a simple minded person such as myself (i.e., a guy who may or may not read a label before consuming candies), when I encounter a bag of colorful gummy looking candies, my addled brain thinks, "Fruity gooey wonderfulness!" not, "Spiced to the point that I'm going to spit them out across the room!" • That last part reminds me of how much I enjoy cherry tomatoes. Not because they taste good but because of the childhood memory of biting into one and hitting my brother in the face with the seeds that squirted out across the table. Ah, good times... It just feels great when your aim is true. • Sorry, I rambled a bit.

Posted October 7, 2020

sold • private collection