Vintage Barlow Pocket Knife
Once again, I ran out of drawing paper so I was experimenting with some old Canson paper I’ve had for 35 years. This was my first Barlow pocket knife I bought at the Pte. Tremble Market on M-59 in Algonac, Michigan. It was exactly half of what I earned each week from my paper route. I had 64 homes and had to pedal 7 miles round trip every single day, rain, shine, or snow, all to make $10 a week. My iPhone says I made .18 a mile… this is one of the reasons why there are no paper boys today.
It's happened a few times now that I've run out of my large rolls of drawing paper while I have the urge to draw. This was one of those times. I went through my flat files and found some Canson Paper I'd been gifted back in 1984 by the local Canson Paper rep in Los Angeles. Except for the heavy texture, I thought it would be great to try some drawings while I waited for my paper rolls to be delivered. This led to a series of 5 Canson Paper drawings, with two featured in the Pasadena Society of Artists’ 97th Annual Juried Exhibition in May of 2022.
Once again, I ran out of drawing paper so I was experimenting with some old Canson paper I’ve had for 35 years. This was my first Barlow pocket knife I bought at the Pte. Tremble Market on M-59 in Algonac, Michigan. It was exactly half of what I earned each week from my paper route. I had 64 homes and had to pedal 7 miles round trip every single day, rain, shine, or snow, all to make $10 a week. My iPhone says I made .18 a mile… this is one of the reasons why there are no paper boys today.
It's happened a few times now that I've run out of my large rolls of drawing paper while I have the urge to draw. This was one of those times. I went through my flat files and found some Canson Paper I'd been gifted back in 1984 by the local Canson Paper rep in Los Angeles. Except for the heavy texture, I thought it would be great to try some drawings while I waited for my paper rolls to be delivered. This led to a series of 5 Canson Paper drawings, with two featured in the Pasadena Society of Artists’ 97th Annual Juried Exhibition in May of 2022.
Once again, I ran out of drawing paper so I was experimenting with some old Canson paper I’ve had for 35 years. This was my first Barlow pocket knife I bought at the Pte. Tremble Market on M-59 in Algonac, Michigan. It was exactly half of what I earned each week from my paper route. I had 64 homes and had to pedal 7 miles round trip every single day, rain, shine, or snow, all to make $10 a week. My iPhone says I made .18 a mile… this is one of the reasons why there are no paper boys today.
It's happened a few times now that I've run out of my large rolls of drawing paper while I have the urge to draw. This was one of those times. I went through my flat files and found some Canson Paper I'd been gifted back in 1984 by the local Canson Paper rep in Los Angeles. Except for the heavy texture, I thought it would be great to try some drawings while I waited for my paper rolls to be delivered. This led to a series of 5 Canson Paper drawings, with two featured in the Pasadena Society of Artists’ 97th Annual Juried Exhibition in May of 2022.
Credits:
Title: “Vintage Barlow Pocket Knife”
Artist: Mike Pitzer
Medium: Graphite, Colored Pencil on Canson Paper
Image Size: 20″ T x 26″ W
Signed & Dated: MPitzer 2022
Series: “Happy Art”
Style: Pop-Realism
