Drawing Inspiration

"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

"Princess Leia, Pez Portrait"

"Luke Skywalker, Pez Portrait"

Original Ebay auction photos of my Pez collection 2004