A good view from the side as the floorpan replacement continues. The driver's side floorpan has now been bolted to the heater channel. Don't forget to seal it good! There are gaskets and sealers available. The next photos I post should show it welded in. :)
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ARCHIVED CHEROKEE PRINT: This pen and ink on 8x10 inch paper, is perhaps one of the most important early drawings I did, as it is the earliest (surviving) example of the thematic prints I do today.
I still remember drawing this, even though it was twenty years ago. Much of it was drawn while listening to Pink Floyd's "Hey You" over and over and over again.
I don't want to get too far into the elements of this print, but it's the first time there are numerous hidden and concealed elements (though not to the precise degree of engineering as in current prints). Of particular interest are some of the thematic elements that I still use today in modern Cherokee prints.
The print started with me noticing my shadow on the wall. I was listening to Pink Floyd "The Wall" with my headphones on, and the light behind me threw a most artistic shadow on the wall. I grabbed a piece of paper and a pencil, traced the shadow and went to work on the print. Please note the broken heart in the print. You'll see it again as recently as
"Whiskey River." Like I said, early prints such as this one were the first steps I took on this long strange trip as Cherokee, and it's interesting to look back and see that I still walk the same way.
Fascinating stuff. Any two-bit psychologist would have a hay-day with this stuff.
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Jim W. Coleman is an accomplished author and artist from Port Orchard, Washington, a small community directly across the Puget Sound from Seattle.
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