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Toulouse-lautrec Goes West

October 29, 2011

Meghan Saar and I attended the Arizona Tourism Conference at the Orange Tree Resort on Camelback Road yesterday. Collected a couple big bags of goodies from all the resorts and had a very nice lunch talking to Meghan about editorial for 2011. Very excited about several new features we are working on.

Been noodling some sketches of Henri Toulouse-Lautrec:…

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Stoned Policeman

October 28, 2010

Sometimes you have cleanse your palette, Been drawing a ton of Old West characters and, of course French subjects, so, this morning, I thought I'd whip out a Stoned Policeman.

Just got a call from my step-father, Lou Cady, Jr. who lives in Cibolo, Texas. According to Lou Cibolo means buffalo in Spanish. He moved…

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Hatfight at the Frenchman Corral

October 26, 2010

Back from France just in time to celebrate the fight that launched ten thousand drawings: The Gunfight Behind The OK Corral.

If you saw the photo of me in Martmontre, gazing over my left shoulder, this is one of the Toulouse-Lautrec posters I was mimicking.

Henri did a couple versions of Aristide Bruant,…

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The Yee-Haw! Tour, Part I

October 25, 2010

Didn't do as much sketching in Paris as I would have liked, but I certainly did a ton of gaping. Ha. It's true, you can read all you want about the Louvre and the Orsay, but until you stand there in those huge rooms looking at the huge paintings that fill them, well, it's nothing short of stunning.

Amazon scale…

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Toulouse-Lautrec and Van Gogh Territory

October 24, 2010

Our trip to France was predicated on an inquiry from a French publisher to translate my Wyatt Earp book into French. Last Tuesday we took the bus from San Michel up the hill to Montmartre, getting off at Blanche, about a half block from the notorious Moulin Rouge, probably one of the most famous bars in the world. According to my host Gerard, they go through 800 bottles of champagne a night. It costs $150 euros each (about $175) to… Continue

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Yee Haw France!

October 23, 2010

Got home last night at five after flying for 12 hours. T. Charles picked us up at Sky Harbor and took us to a new Mexican food restaurant he found on 16th Street below Van Buren, great carne asada platters. Pattarapan joined us. I loved the food in Paris, but Man, oh Man, I love our Mexican food.

As mentioned, I decided to wear my cowboy hat on my trip to France and I also brought along my Frontier Clothing custom frock… Continue

Added by Bob Boze Bell on October 23, 2010 at 11:36am — 3 Comments

Last Tango And Cash In Paris

October 17, 2010

Kathy and I have been in Paris a week now. Four days to go. It really is Disneyland for adults who like art, history and good food. Still, I miss the desert.

Ain't that sick?

Yesterday we took the Botabus (boat bus) to the Eiffel Tower, then walked to the Monhattan Museum to see a slew of Monet paintings showcased in the former home of a tycoon who collected Monet's. The most inspiring thing to me is they posted the… Continue

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Two Kingman Eight Graders Finally Learn Some World History

October 13, 2010

Childhood friend and Kingman comrade, Charlie Waters and his wife Linda joined us in Versailles today to take in the apex of French decadence. We paid for a private tour of Marie Antoinette's private quarters and in the process of traipsing through the narrow stairwells ("Marie ran through this corridor when the peasants broke in the palace.") we got an earful.

With my Kingman education, I never knew that the French have… Continue

Added by Bob Boze Bell on October 13, 2010 at 12:17pm — 1 Comment

A Kingman Ka-BOY In Gay Paris

October 11, 2010

Second day in Paris. Went to the Louvre today and the Effel Tower. You have to give credit to a town that draws millions of visitors every year to look at purloined art, liberated from rich bastards, who lost their heads in the process so that everyday schmucks like me can view the damn, fine stuff. Really inspiring. My faves, so far (going back tomorrow): the huge canvases of the early French masters, big, big and huge. Had no idea… Continue

Added by Bob Boze Bell on October 11, 2010 at 2:16pm — 5 Comments

Mickey Free Is A Ballet Star

October 5, 2010

Very overcast this morning. Went home for lunch and as I turned on Old Stage Road a freak hail storm hit. Sounded like baseball bats hitting the roof. Parked in driveway and watched two-foot-high explosions ripping across the pool. It got worse. Ground completely covered in a snowscape white. Peaches freaked out and went to my neighbors house. Went over and got her. She had chocolate milk stains on her upper lip, the little… Continue

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