Mark Blackwell


Submissions


Parade of Plates

I recently happened across this pretty tasty display of old diner and hotel plates, many of them western-themed, at Track 16 Gallery in Sant...

Wild Alley Find!

Whoaaaaaaa, Tarzan! Speaking of jungle animals, how about this giant, four-feet-diameter, animal-bonanza, 45-rpm-looking, dartboard-esque, w...

Who?

I bought this painting-on-a-board from a man selling junk on the side of the road in Beatty, Nevada. A friend of mine is working on a docume...

My Monkey Mat

I step on this fuzzy monkey’s face every time I get out of the shower. He doesn’t seem to mind – he just keeps on smiling....

“Morten” Salt Art

I came across this salty, semi-cylindrical, clay art piece at Route 66 Thrift out in the middle of nowhere in the California desert town of ...

Jesus Truck

I was in the kitschy desert town of Baker eating at the kitschy Mad Greek restaurant just up the street from the world’s largest (and ...

Jungle Outfit

I found this jungle gem many years ago in a thrift shop in Detroit – matching pants and jacket featuring a happy giraffe and a hiding ...

Meat Truck

So I’m guessing this is either what meat trucks looked like in Japan at some point, or what someone in Japan thought meat trucks looke...

Money From The Sky

When I was 13-years-old I flew in a helicopter for the very first time and threw hundreds of ping-pong balls stuffed with money out of the c...