Norm van Maastricht | March 8, 2011
The Face On The Music Store Wall… Once upon a time in the almost mythical place called California In an almost mythical village called Redwood City Was an almost mythical music store called Gelb Music. And it was good. Gelb Music was the last store owned and operated by the late Sidney Gelb. Sidney Gelb [...]
Norm van Maastricht | May 8, 2010
Chrissie She came in with a more or less country band, one of those that get thrown together by using people of varying skills and no rehearsals.. She was better than a ‘pretty good’ singer… lovely, confident voice…great fun to work with. She liked cutting up a little bit, enjoying the moment and always [...]
Norm van Maastricht | January 9, 2010
The Mating Dance is a series of observations of human nature in pursuit of (more or less) romantic endeavor They are not in any particular order. That would imply rationality . He was a dancer. Well, he wasn’t really a dancer. He didn’t dance professionally or anything like that. He was just a guy who [...]
Norm van Maastricht | July 27, 2009
“Paper Dolls by Vann” is how I signed my artwork… This is Evelyn Nesbit. A beautiful, young, turn of the (19th) century lass. An in demand artist’s model, she gained fame as one of the “Gibson Girls” by modeling for Charles Dana Gibson a noted illustrator of the day. She had several affairs, most notably [...]
Norm van Maastricht | February 5, 2009
This is one of my most uplifting results. Copied from a young lady in a Playboy layout. She came out pretty well even if her proportions aren’t what they technically should be but, y’know, if I’d presented myself as a cartoonist no one would bat an eye. In any case she is one of [...]
