Dr. Bob Hoke
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from the books of Bob
“Lighting someone else’s candle won’t make yours any less bright” – Dr. Bob Hoke Being artistically inspired is not a once-and-done thing: I always need fresh inspirations, a new sense of awe, a new way of looking at something. It’s like buying groceries and cooking; the fridge and pantry always need restocking, new recipe ideas…
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from the books of Bob
“Feelings are guides not gods.” – Dr. Bob Hoke When I was in art school – and shortly after graduating – I tried wood sculpture, metal sculpture and pottery. I had a “story” of myself as a 3D sculptor. I soon noticed in each of those artistic disciplines that there were times where I was…
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from the Books of Bob
“Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first” – Dr. Bob Hoke When I’m beginning a new piece of artwork I make thumbnail sketches, I write notes and doodles in my sketchbook, I make small studies, I make to-scale drawings, I draw, draw and re-draw before arriving at something that “works”. Then what “works”…
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book excerpt in honor of Dr. Bob Hoke
Here is a pdf file – DrBobFirstAidKitSampler – a sampler of a few graphic-novel pages from a book I illustrated titled “Dr. Bob’s Emotional Repair Program First Aid Kit” – in this book I collected the stories and ideas expressed by psychiatrist Dr. Bob Hoke who recently passed away. I was so lucky to have known him as a Dad, a…
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the artist and the doctor in the library
The Richard Brautigan Library published a story I illustrated – the story was told to me by Dr. Bob Hoke; a psychiatrist, a reader, a father, a grandfather and a baker of very good English Muffins. Over lunch one day he told me a story of a lesson he learned as a young Navy doctor on a submarine during a…
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