("John Lennon - 1965" Color Pencil on Watercolor Paper, June, 2001)



("John Lennon - 1967" Color Pencil on Watercolor Paper, August, 2001)



("John Lennon - 1971" Pen & Ink on Penny Sketch Paper, March, 2001)

For me, John Lennon has always been an iconic catalyst for ultimately doing the right thing, for carrying a beautiful, creative spirit, for having strong opinions that you can voice intellectually, for standing firm in your convictions while being willing to listen, for disarming the tense with a chuckle, for settling differences through art, for living and loving peacefully... for being a vibrant human being and a regular guy... who had one of the very best friggin' rock 'n' roll voices, ever.

In December of 2000, I resolved to do several drawings of John Lennon in 2001. These are the only three I created. Bloody brilliant, they are.

The year was 2001. March, April, May, June, July, August, Sep...