Tomorrow, Sep8 is Patsy Cline's birthday. I made this about a year ago, but her birthday seems like a good time to re-post. #rnapperART #pencil

Today is Chrissie Hynde’s birthday. Talk of the Town still sounds as fresh today as uh, 40 years ago? Here’s a sketch I did. #rnapperArt

Sketch of Hawkwind, experimental metal psychedelic band of the 70's. Not a named inspiration for Spinal Tap, but who knows. Dave Brock (2nd from left) was born 8/21, and Nik Turner (4th) was born 8/26. #rnapperArt

Hughie Thomasson's (Outlaws) birthday would have been last week, August 13. To me, his best work is Green Grass and High Tides. Here's a rough little watercolor of him to mark the occasion. #rnapperArt

Sketch page: guys in suits (not observed in real time). #rnapperArt #pencil

Musician Robbie Robertson passed away yesterday. I'm not going to list all his songs here. Will just say that The Weight has already stood the test of time and will be played a century from now. Go listen if you haven't yet. My sketch #rnapperArt #watercolor

August 3rd is birthday of late wrestler Haystacks Calhoun, and philosopher Oswald Kulpe, who theorized about imageless thought. My watercolor of them. #rnapperArt

Today would be the birthday of Jim Capaldi. He was the drummer/writer for the band Traffic. He co-wrote one of my favorite songs in the classic rock era: Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, a 11-14 minute extended jam. Sketch from a minute ago. #rnapperArt

Quick small sketch of Marshall McLuhan, who would have had a birthday on July 21. Though he is famed for saying "the media is the message", the reality is that pithy phrase turns out not to be true. The message is the message. #rnapperArt

Just want to share this tiny Mick Jagger sketch while it's still july. This one from a sketchbook, about the size of a quarter, is my favorite. #rnapperArt #pencil

Jean Baudrillard's birthday would have been thursday, July 27. The celeb-philosopher’s name was spoken by every art student in the 80s and 90s. In early 2000s, he correctly predicted that the US would turn the 9/11 tragedy into a kind of currency to sponsor war. This is my pencil sketch of him from yesterday. #rnapperArt

Today, July 28 is the birthday of Marcel Duchamp. He was the béte noire of my years in art schools. His influence cast a long shadow and made the pursuit of painting and drawing less fun. Still, he is important to art history. This is my narrow sketch of him. #rnapperArt

So sad to hear of Sinead O'Connor's passing. Brave and with a piercing beautiful voice. I hope everyone gets a chance to explore her catalogue. Emperor's New Clothes has been my favorite of hers. #rnapperArt

It's Mick Jagger's 80th birthday. I drew this pencil sketch back when he was in his 70's, actually. Time really flies, doesn't it.
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This painting is from a minute ago. As the old story goes: "Pete and Repeat were out in a boat, and were fighting as usual. They always fought. Just a mutual hatred. Eventually, Pete fell in. Who was left?". I trust you to know the rest of the story. #rnapperArt #WaterColor

About 25 years ago to the day, I took a 4 hour train ride into NYC and walked around for a couple of days. I did this sketchpage in a few hours on foot. #rnapperArt #watercolor

Just another work day at the oracle. Fire it up, see what the smokes say... "what is this?!? a man from the future!"

I could show this sketch on any given day, but today is Don Knott's birthday, so here it is! #rnapperArt #WaterColor

The other pop-star loss that shook me so hard, was that of Chester Bennington. We lost him on this day in 2017. You should see him sing One More Light in his last concert, Birmingham 2017. #rnapperArt

Today would be Chris Cornell's (Soundgarden) birthday. His passing affected me more than any other pop-star to that point. #rnapperArt

Today is Brian May’s birthday. I’d rather honor him with a painting, but this pencil is what’s handy. That brief solo in We Will Rock You is one of Rock’s greatest moments. #rnapperArt