Category: Pez

Drawing Inspiration

2/28/2013

"Pebbles And Her Two Dads; A Modern Stone Age Family" 12" x 16" Pencil On Bristol Vellum 2013 Created for The Hanna-Barbera Tribute Show, at Van Eaton Galleries in Sherman Oaks, CA. Opening April 6th, 2013. Show runs till April 20th.

"Whispers" 12" x 16" Pencil On Bristol Vellum

"Gossip" 12" x 16" Pencil On Bristol Vellum

"Double Date" 12" x 16" Pencil On Bristol Vellum 2012

Drawing inspiration from my toys and Pez collection, I set up a small "stage" to create scenes. In "Whispers", 3 Princess Leia Pez appear to be two woman talking about a third woman as she is just out of ear shot. In "Gossip" the conversation is taking a unpleasant turn as the two women confide what they think they know to a third person. Casting the Pez as characters in a play had the odd effect of giving each duplicate a unique look even though they are exact copies. Exploring human situations through inanimate objects facilitates the task of sharpening my observing and rendering skills.

I started collecting Pez in 2004 to use on frames. I had a system of bidding on large lots on Ebay, only bidding up to a few cents per items that I wanted. It was always fun to get the large boxes with many mystery items, usually the photos showed a pile of Pez without an exact list of items. I concentrated on Star Wars Pez for a series of Star Wars characters to be framed in Pez.

Pez Collection
9 Hulk big head in package movie with Ed Norton
1 Hulk big head no package Ed Norton
1 light green hulk, animated
5 Hearts in package assorted colors
1 Heart no package red
2 Eye in Hand no package
1 Witch 3 color in package
1 Witch 3 color no package
2 Skulls
1 Eeyore
1 Pooh
1 Tigger
1 Pumpkin in package
1 Black Cat
2 Tasmanian Devil
1 Ninja Turtle
1 Yosemite Sam
2 Pluto
1 Garfield
1 Donald Duck mouth open
1 Donald Duck mouth closed
1 Bart Simpson
1 Maggie Simpson
2 Pebbles Flintstone
1 Barney Rubble
1 He Saur Pez O Saur
2 Fred Flintstone
6 Fred Flintstone in package
2 Bugs Bunny
1 Bunny Light pink ears
2 Bunnies dark pink ears
1 Bunny dark pink ears in package
2 Bunnies pink with white ears
2 Lambs
1 Bird in Nest with Hat
3 Batman DC Comics
2 Sour Pineapple
1 Sour Watermelon
1 Sour Apple Ghost no glow
2 She Saur
4 Bugz assorted
2 Bees from the film
1 Elf 2002
1 Snowman Red Nose
1 Sylvester
1 Santa painted eyes
1 Santa no painted eyes
1 Snoopy
1 Charlie Brown
1 Lucy original version narrow head
7 Lucy big head in package
1 Lucy big head no package
1 Peter Pez Clown 1979?
1 Polar Bear with knit hat
1 Fozzy Bear no package
11 Fozzy Bear in package
1 Wolverine big head no package
5 Wolverine big head in package
7 Race Car Helmets all different
1 Elvis Soldier
1 Snow White Collectors 8 pieces
1 Yummy Bubbles He Saur 1 Giant Santa
Total = 132

Star Wars
3 special Limited Edition Collectors sets 11 in each 33 total
1 General Grevious
1 Death Star Emperor Palpatine glow in the dark Emperor Palpatine
3 R2D2 no package
1 R2D2 in package
8 Luke Skywalker no package
2 Luke Skywalker in package
1 Darth Vador Bonbons blister pack collect all 9 series
2 Darth Vador blister pack
8 Darth Vador no package
12 Darth Vador in package
1 Chewbacca Bonbons blister pack
1 Chewbacca blister pack
10 Chewbacca no package
12 Chewbacca in package
1 C3PO Bonbons blister pack
2 C3PO in blister pack 1 needs repair
8 C3PO no package
11 C3PO in package
4 Princess Leia no package
1 Princess Leia in package
3 Princess Leia in blister pack
4 Ewok no package
1 Ewok in package
2 Ewok in blister pack
1 Boba Fett in blister pack
9 Boba Fett no package
1 Storm Trooper Bonbons blister pack
1 Storm Trooper blister pack needs repair
12 Storm Troopers in package
8 Storm Troopers no package
1 Yoda in blister pack
11 Yoda in package
13 Yoda no package
2 Jango Fett no package
Total = 194
Grand total = 326

Paintings by Snow Mack