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Chicago History

Gisel & Marcel from Quebec
Gisel & Marcel, a match
Janis enters
Janis enters in red
Can't wait, 12
Can't wait in Dior
Jody dares
Jody in Worth gown
Sharon the Flapper
Sharon's drawing
Cooking Chinese for Mr. Lincoln
Matt & Benito Juarez

 

About the Work

You'll find me drawing visitors at the Chicago History Museum on an afternoon about once every week.  Parties in Chicago are great, but drawing people from all over the world is truly awesome. It is an honor.  I'm set up in the spacious, sun-drenched gift shop and I draw who ever sinks down in that luxurious black chair in front of me.  It's free. People often ask twice and yes, it really is free. It's a generous gift from the Chicago History Museum to the curious who set foot on our shores.  So, give me your tired, your tourists, your locals, your interesting, your interested.  I'll draw you in the theme of the day.

The theme of most days until July 2009 will be Chic Chicago.  I'll draw you in the fabulous gown of your choice. For information about this exhibit and announcements of when I'm scheduled to draw there--remember, free!--please, visit the Chicago History Museum Shop page.

Sometimes special events will preempt the Chic Chicago theme.  For example, during "Fire Frenzy"  week I drew everyone as a determined survivor of the Great Chicago Fire  of October 1871, including the high school kids from Bari, Italy, who came by on their field trip that week.  The Fourth of July also gets a special treatment when I draw everyone as a red-white-and-blue patriot.

 

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