Mentor

I had the opportunity to visit with my good friend and mentor, Tim Peterson, in Spearfish, SD. He was the first to put a pinstriping brush in my hands and I owe him alot. He runs a one man sign shop and has no computers or plotters. All of his work is laid out by hand and either hand painted or hand carved. He is a true inspiration.

 

 

Some of his pastel work

A very old panel I did for him...one of my first panels actually

His recent work. No computer, so no digital photos.

Here is some of his work in Deadwood, SD

Some more sign work in Deadwood by another friend, Griz. These are all reverse gilded and hand-painted glass pieces.

National Lampoon Yoder Family Vacation

 

My son Jack

Lindsey and her son Max

My daughter Kiah

Falls in Yellowstone

Freakish pools of scalding hot water like stuff...Yellowstone is a whole 'nother planet

We felt right at home in West Yellowstone

The fam with my Aunts Lisa and Liana

I've striped all of my Aunt's vehicles and she got a new one so I brought my brushes

You can cover alot of ground out west...high Speed Limits and no cops anywhere to be seen

Wild fires in western Colorado just into the Rockies

The best of a bunch of shitty photos of the Fire crew working

Crazy Horse...its fucking Crazy!

Airbrushed mural of Korczak, the mad man behind the project. If you dont know about this guy and this project, Google it...he worked the first ten years of the project by himself with very rudimentary tools.

No western bound road trip would be complete without a visit to Rushmore.

Some might say 3500 miles in tight quarters with 3 kids and your wife would be the makings of a 48 Hours Hard Evidence episode but quite contrary it was fantastic! Memories were made and much fun was had by all.

Anyhew..back to the grind!

Dennie and Susan went to New Orleans

and managed to not get arrested. LaFittes bar at the end of Bourbon St. Arguably the oldest operating bar in the US.

Bathroom of said bar....

River Walk. Near paddle boat Creole Queen paddle boat dock.

fucking vandals. Thanks Dennie and Susan! Looks like it was a great trip!