TRAVELIN' MAN LEVITT PUTS ART ON DISPLAY IN LANCASTER.Byline: CHARLES F. BOSTWICK Staff Writer LANCASTER -- Travel through Europe and North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. provided the subjects for more than 60 drawings by retired legal assistant Geoffrey Levitt. Done in colored markers, pen and pencil, the drawings that went on display Friday were done as Levitt sat in a train station in Mexico, beside an Oregon beach or elsewhere his travels took him. ``I do it right on the spot. It varies from a half-hour to 1 1/2 hours. Sometimes I work on it after we leave: I'll think of something that will make it better,'' Levitt said. Levitt's drawings are on display in an exhibit called ``Oodles of Doodles Doodles can mean the following:
The exhibit title, Levitt said, was chosen because he liked the sound, but he says his drawings are ``a lot more complicated than doodles.'' Levitt has been involved in art since he was a teenager. His father was a Disney animator, from whom he learned a lot. The exhibit drawings date back to a 1987 trip Levitt took to Greece and Italy with an ex-roommate from college, before he was married. But most are from travel with his attorney wife Leah. Sometimes drawing on the spot means hurrying when the tour group leaves, but it also takes up time otherwise spent waiting for travel. On a trip to Mexico's Copper Canyon The Copper Canyon (Spanish: Barranca del Cobre) is a canyon system in the Sierra Tarahumara in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. This canyon system is larger and deeper than the Grand Canyon in the neighboring United States, although the Grand , for example, he spent time waiting for a train by drawing around the train station. Other drawings come from travel through Spain, Ireland, Canada, Alaska and around the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , mainly the West but also Boston and Salem, Mass. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color) ``Beach Scene, Florence, Oregon'' memorializes artist Geoffrey Levitt's visit to that town. (2 -- color) Geoffrey Levitt is shown with some of his drawings, most made while waiting for a train or plane on his worldwide travels. His artwork goes on display today at the Cedar Gallery. (3 -- color) ``Canal Scene, Rockport, Texas'' is part of artist Geoffrey Levitt's ``doodles.''. (4 -- color) Geoffrey Levitt's drawing titled ``Log Cabin log cabin or log house, style of home typical of the American pioneer on the Western frontier of the United States in the great westward expansion after 1765. It was constructed with few tools, usually an axe or an adz and an auger. , Big Thicket The Big Thicket is the name of a heavily forested area in Southeast Texas. While no exact boundaries exist, the area occupies much of Hardin, Liberty, Tyler, and Polk Counties and is roughly bounded by the Trinity River, Neches River, and Pine Island Bayou. , Texas'' is part of his show ``Oodles of Doodles: Drawings Made on My Travels,'' which runs in Lancaster through Nov. 5. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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