Graphite and Colored Pencil on Canson Pape see

1970s Squirt Gun Mike Pitzer

Graphite and Colored Pencil on Canson Paper 20" x 26" $2420

My drawings are from my evolving series of art based on memories of things from my childhood. I call them “Happy Art” because of the smile and happy memories they bring to me and the wonderful conversation around each on Facebook.

I remember playing in the basement of my Grandma and Grandpa Carter’s house in Royal Oak, Michigan when we were kids. Among the things they had in the old play box for all of the grandkids were these cool squirt guns. I remember we once put Grandma’s perfume in them. The basement never smelled so good. The squirt guns disappeared after that.