Isn’t it eerie how similar Mr. Crockwell’s paintings look to Mr. Norman Rockwell’s? It’s even the same subject matter. I mean, the style is nearly identical. Check out another Crockwell. From beer to Coke, two of my favorite things!
Honestly, it sounds like an SNL skit, like changing Mr. Rogers to Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood. Stranger than fiction. Crockwell also did this fun outdoor scene.
In any event, I can appreciate both artists. I wish our summer looked more like this one!
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Amazing discovery, Kerbey. I hope he made a nice living off his pen name and good taste. Norman was a good sport if he knew of Douglas and let that sleeping dog lie.
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That sure is the truth. They both did covers for the Saturday Evening Post so I’m sure they knew of each other. Makes you wonder why only Norman got the fame.
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Maybe Douglass was a nom de plume for Norman, like some of these famous authors do these days, Kerbey, so they can alter their styles a bit?
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He must have killed off his alter-ego a decade before himself then, because Norman died in ’78, 10 years after Douglass passed.
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It is so nice to see drawings drawn by hand sans a computer. It is also wonderful to see pro American content, It seems as though patriotism is bad and flag burning is cool. Both men have such a gret command of their medium, Great choice for you header. May we all have many more summers like that,
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Cheers!
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In this friendly, freedom-loving land of ours…Beer Belongs —Enjoy it!
That was inspirational.
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It would be anti-American to not enjoy it tonight.
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I’ve always wanted to be a first-class illustrator. Maybe if I changed my name to Mitch Mockwell…
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LOL I wish I was that talented as well! You would even have some alliteration going for you on top of it. And you would literally be mocking him well, or at least mimicking well.
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Exactly–clearly it was meant to be!
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Crockwell later was shortened to Crocks and became the fancy rubber shoes. Perhaps.
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Curse him!
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