After all of these comical years of drawing caricatures, I'm going to attend my first caricature convention.  It's in Bowling Green, Ohio and I can hardly wait.    I've had so many funny things happen while drawing caricatures at proms, festivals, weddings, and office parties, and people wonder where I get the material to write so many comics.

Here's a picture of me drawing a self-caricature. Such a big head, I needed bigger paper. It's difficult to draw yourself.  I draw flies better.

PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE STARVING ARTIST.

Here are some of my favorite one liners I've used over the years.  I'll let you guess the reactions I got in return. Also, some whimsical situations I've found myself in.

10. I sit on my duff, make people look funny and they pay me lots of money. Not a bad gig, eh?                Q:Does your hand hurt from drawing all day?                                                                                                 A: No, my butt does.

9. I am known as the 'kind caricaturist'.  I'll take off 10 pounds and ten years.  Of course the drawing will look nothing like you. I usually have a big line, but lots of refunds.

8. I'm an artist, not a miracle worker OR what kind of artist am I? Con Artist

7. Two professions that you don't want to hear "OOPS!" Brain Surgeon and Caricature Artist.

6. We don't cross our t's and dot our i's.  We cross your eyes and tease your hair.

5. ( ladies who are 30 something usually say..Make me big uptop and small on the bottom, and not the other way around )  I say, " isn't that what a caricature is"

4. There's a fine line between pretty and pretty ugly.

3. Pencils are for people who make mistakes.

2. If you can't laugh, at yourself.  I will.  OR  I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing near you.

1. If a 6'6 ZZ top looking biker sits down and wants his caricature rendered.  Sketch it exactly how he tells you.

 Believe me, I have 10 more, but I need to censor them. Need a caricaturist at your next party, reunion or office holiday party? Gimme a call. 814-937-4815 It's a great side show entertainment.  Some say freak show.  I usually sit in the corner, just like I did back in school, and draw you funny.