About 1985 I owned this shop that was going under. When the waves were bad I would sit in there and give it a go. During the slow times I came up with this character. It never developed but there was fun in it. I wish I had all the tools, programs and computers that I have now. Back then, I never could refine it. I was a big fan of Ralph Steadman and his work with Rolling Stone. This particular one has my surfers searching for waves. Many a road trip to find ankle slappers in my day, especially summers in Florida, is the basis of a 5x7 pen and ink watercolor.
