BOYS vs GIRLS

Back when he was in kindergarten, my son and his classmates drew superheroes and listed their powers.  I took the images and blew them up then transferred them to a canvas where I added some background colors and words and voila... folk art from the kiddos.   My favorite super power:  Evil balls.  (24 x 48)

More Chickens Sans Heads

                                                             (India Ink on vintage wallpaper 16 x 24)

At my wedding reception, My Uncle Tub, a wheat farmer who had been married forty-some years, pulled me aside and matter-of-factly said most of his marriage had been like "gripping a shovel the day after you'd dug your first ditch."   He then wished me good luck and headed back to the bar.

The Chicken is a little tough

(acrylic on board 14 x 14)

Most people in early childhood are, by and large, unconditionally loved.  Once that ends, and it always ends, they spend the rest of their lives in an unhappy search for that exact kind of relationship.  There is no unconditional love in adulthood.  Deal with it. -- Dr. Herbert Betts, Behavioral Scientist and author of "Quit Blaming Your Parents -- They Got Screwed Up Too."

Heavy is the Head

                                                                                                                              (Acrylic, vintage print on board 24 x 28)


                                                Childhood Obesity Explained
On Friday, near the zoo exit,  I heard this super fat little kid tell his mom he wanted ice cream from the truck parked at the curb.  "But you just had a whole tub of Dippin' Dots*," the Mom told him.  "But I hate Dippin' Dots," Tubby replied as he ran for the ice cream line.
*Dippin' Dots is created by flash freezing ice cream mix in liquid nitrogen.