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Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 1h

Conri stole my eraser.

Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 6h

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper East Side #obitpix #saulzabar #zabars #artofinstagram #gouachepainting #illustration #portraitpainting

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Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 16h

We drove all the way to Westchester for a poetry open mic. Helena read this great poem and I bought the new Thomas Pynchon novel. The cover image and the epigraph quoting Bela Lugosi from “The Black Cat” clinched the deal.

Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 21h

We made it (with the Queen of Paranoia)!

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Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 1d

What does Janie want?

Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 1d

Sylvia Blackwell, Mother of My Good Friend and Musician, Ricky ‘Swamp Boy’ Terry #obitpix #sylviablackwell #artofinstagram #brushdrawing #illustration #portraitdrawing

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Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Inherent Vice

Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 1d

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The leftover paint knows!

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Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 2d

Ken Jacobs (right, with wife Flo Jacobs), Visionary Experimental Filmmaker #obitpix #kenjacobs #experimentalfilmmaket #undergroundcinema #artofinstagram #brushdrawing #illustration #portraitdrawing

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Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 2d

Say no to tourism! But soon the United States will be no different than corrupt Antiqua. We’ll all wish we were tourists. A Small Place (@fsgbooks) by Jamaica Kincaid #FridayReads

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Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 2d

Drawn at a friend’s storytelling event.

Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 3d

Drawn in the dark at a poetry reading.

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Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 3d

Richard Moe, Mondale Aide Became Historic Preservationist #obitpix #richardmoe #nationaltrust #historicpreservation #artofinstagram #gouachepainting #illustration #portraitpainting

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Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 3d

This is Earnie, co-owner and bartender at the Holland Bar in Hell’s Kitchen, sadly no longer in operation. He asked me to bring him young livers and I did. I got two-thirds of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion drunk there. It curled their bellbottoms. Ernie has retired in Florida. #tbt

Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 3d

Suits in Space

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Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 4d

Comix

Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 4d

Darlene Hoffman (receiving the National Medal of Science from then-President Bill Clinton), Innovator in Nuclear Chemistry #obitpix #darlenehoffman #nuclearchemist #artofinstagram #brushdrawing #illustration #portraitdrawing

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Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 4d

Except for my body and my mind, I don’t feel old.

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Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 5d

Repressed Memories

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Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 5d

Ivan Klima, Czech Novelist Who Chafed Under Totalitarian Regimes #obitpix #ivanklima #writer #teacher #critic #artofinstagram #penandink #drawing #illustration #portraitdrawing

Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 5d

Helena says I have elephant legs.

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Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 5d

Listening to one of my favorite nuts, Karlheinz Stockhausen.

Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 6d

You Have to Get Worse Before You Get Better

Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 6d

Ann Fagan Ginger, Tireless Defender of Civil Liberties #obitpix #annfaganginger #lawyer #activist #civilrights #laboractivism #redscare #nucleardisarmament #antiwar #artofinstagram #brushdrawing #illustration #portraitdrawing

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Peter Landau @peterelliotlandau.bsky.social · 6d

How do you tell your cat that her breath stinks?