Friday, September 23, 2011

SAD ANNIVERSARY



In loving memory of Papa Duke,

who died three years ago today.






Thursday, April 14, 2011

FORD'S THEATER



Papa Duke earned his art degree with this pen & ink of Abraham Lincoln arriving at Ford's Theater while assassin John Wilkes Booth lurks nearby, awaiting his opportunity to strike, on April 14th, 1865.


Saturday, March 19, 2011

PAPA DUKE



Sketching, over cappuccino, at his favorite Monaco cafe.

Friday, March 11, 2011

HITLER: THE ULTIMATE TYRANT



This astonishing bronze bust features a grotesque glimpse of the Holocaust inside Hitler's hollow head.

To view it, one looks through Hitler's eyes.

Friday, February 25, 2011

HAROLD MACMILLAN



This bust, of the former British prime minister, is on permanent display in The Macmillan Room at the Carlton Club in London.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

HAPPY HIPPO



Papa Duke painted this at Monaco's Jardin Animalier.

Monday, February 21, 2011

TWO PRESIDENTS





While at art college in New York City, Papa Duke sketched pen & inks of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

He sold copies for 25 cents apiece to keep himself in pocket money.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011