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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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“. . .here, where there are still the silences and the loneliness of the earth before man, . . .”
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Rick Sharp O’Neill Wetsuit Ad in Surfer Magazine (1975)
Hand drawn (acrylic/ink/colored pencil on board) full page advertisement for O’Neill wetsuits by Santa Barbara area artist Rick Sharp that ran in Surfer Magazine volume 16 number 1 in 1975. Related Posts: Channel Islands Surfboards Ad in Surfer Magazine (1975)
A Present Worth Remembering
“I never set out to become anything in particular. Only to live creatively and push the scope of my experience for adventure. . .If I only scrape a living, at least it’s a living worth scraping. If there is no … Continue reading
Jack Elliott's Santa Barbara Adventure 