Sidewalk Droppings

SELF-TITLED

2010-12-23T15:43:00.000-05:00

THIS WAY, CLEARASIL!!!

2010-11-27T23:07:00.000-05:00

GROOM & RUN

2010-11-27T23:02:00.001-05:00

ANOTHER HEADLESS BONESMAN

2010-11-27T23:00:00.001-05:00

SAD FOR PLAID

2010-11-27T22:59:00.000-05:00

A MA MICHELLE

2010-11-15T14:24:00.000-05:00

BEAMED UP?

2010-11-15T14:17:00.000-05:00

STEP LIGHTLY

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AFTER THE SNO-CONE

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LADIES IN WAITING

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POSITIVE STUFF

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DOT YOUR I

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BODY MAP

2010-11-15T13:50:00.002-05:00

LOVING YOU

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DESTINATIONS

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PETALS

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THE WRESTLER

2008-08-27T02:26:00.007-04:00

Scanned from scratchy negatives found under I-95:

PARTY PICTURE PAINTING PAINTER

2007-11-05T20:51:00.000-05:00

WOOD CHIPS & CHEERIOS

2007-11-05T20:48:00.000-05:00

SOUP OF THE SENATORS

2007-11-05T20:31:00.000-05:00

BREAD LINE

2007-11-05T20:30:00.002-05:00

DAVID & SCRAPPS

2007-11-05T20:30:00.000-05:00

HEAD OF THE TIGER (PLASTIC)

2007-11-05T20:25:00.000-05:00

APPLE VS. LEMONS

2007-11-05T20:23:00.000-05:00

BIG WRIT SMALL

2007-11-05T20:22:00.000-05:00

SPURT ALERT

2007-11-05T20:21:00.000-05:00

RUSTY LOCKS & CRUSTY CLOCKS

2007-11-05T20:13:00.000-05:00

EAT & RUN ACCIDENT

2007-11-05T20:11:00.000-05:00

NO CALORIES; BUT COLORFUL

2006-12-01T23:19:00.000-05:00

BARBIE OF THE STREETS

2006-12-01T23:10:00.000-05:00

SKELETAL REMAINS

2006-12-01T23:08:00.000-05:00

DOWNWARD LOOKING

2006-12-01T23:07:00.000-05:00

EXPRESSIONISTIC DOLL & TICKET SPLATTER

2006-09-30T02:18:00.000-04:00

JACK OF HEARTS: REJECTED

2006-09-30T02:17:00.000-04:00

DON HO & FRIENDS

2006-09-30T02:16:00.000-04:00

FACES IN THE DUST

2006-09-30T02:15:00.000-04:00

SUNNY DAY ELMO ROASTS IN THE SUN

2006-09-30T02:14:00.000-04:00

SOFT AS A BABY'S SHOE

2006-09-30T02:13:00.000-04:00

SMART BEAR + LOVE BEAR

2006-09-30T02:11:00.000-04:00

SLEAZY POLAROID !!!

2006-09-24T23:50:00.000-04:00

THE NUTCRACKER

2006-08-27T13:17:00.000-04:00

JE VEUX

2006-08-27T13:16:00.000-04:00

NOVENA

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HOMER ON THE SIDEWALK

2006-08-01T21:59:00.000-04:00

HAPPY COUPLE

2006-08-01T21:58:00.000-04:00

WANTED

2006-08-01T21:57:00.000-04:00

RAY GUN

2006-08-01T21:56:00.000-04:00

BAD LUCK SIDEWALK DROPPING

2006-08-01T21:54:00.000-04:00

LITTLE ROW OF SHOES

2006-08-01T21:53:00.000-04:00

FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES

2006-06-05T00:25:00.000-04:00

CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE:

EMBROIDERY PROJECT GONE AWRY

2006-06-05T00:23:00.000-04:00

STRING ART

2006-04-02T22:14:00.000-04:00

Some classic vintage art work found on a garbage pile on W 11th St, NYC.

SHARD

2006-04-02T22:12:00.000-04:00

Broken piece of pottery found in Soho, NYC:

GROUNDED PARROT

2006-04-02T22:11:00.000-04:00

LITTLE RUBBER DRAGON LADY

2006-02-27T22:37:00.000-05:00

Click images to enlarge:

FINGER MONSTER

2006-02-27T22:36:00.000-05:00

HEADS & TAILS

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CRACK VIAL OR BABY BOTTLE?

2006-02-27T22:34:00.000-05:00

KING OF SPADES

2006-02-27T22:33:00.000-05:00

AIR DE-FRESHENER

2006-02-27T22:32:00.000-05:00

This thing smells REALLY bad; had to throw it out.

DUCK WITH A GUN

2006-02-27T22:30:00.000-05:00

OPEN ARMS ALIEN

2006-02-25T22:37:00.000-05:00

VIN DE PAYS KIWI-LEMON

2006-02-22T00:14:00.000-05:00

EXPRESSIONISTIC LOLLIPOP SPLATTER

2006-02-22T00:12:00.000-05:00

EXPRESSIONISTIC DONUT SPLATTER

2006-02-22T00:10:00.000-05:00

THANKS FOR THE ADVICE

2006-02-22T00:08:00.000-05:00

FELIZ BABY

2006-02-04T22:57:00.000-05:00

LIGHTHOUSE

2006-01-31T23:23:00.000-05:00

Crusty old oil painting found on sidewalk at same location as "Bucolic Scene" below:

BUCOLIC SCENE

2006-01-31T23:19:00.000-05:00

A nice pastoral landscape. Was caked with dust & dirt; found on sidewalk in front of an old house that was being renovated.

ART PROJECT

2006-01-31T23:15:00.000-05:00

I guess some art students got kicked out of their apartment; this was on top of a large pile of garbage:

ELECTRIC JOSEPH

2006-01-21T14:56:00.000-05:00

Looks like Christmas is over for this guy:

EYES WITHOUT A FACE

2006-01-21T14:54:00.000-05:00

MUMMER BUMMER

2005-12-28T01:26:00.000-05:00

Mummer's costume, abandoned on Washington Ave in Philly, BEFORE the New Year's parade (that stain on sidewalk is sort of disturbing, no?); click to enlarge:

BYOO-TEE-FUL FLOWERS

2005-12-06T23:21:00.000-05:00

This is a REAL oil painting I found on sidewalk. Click to enlarge:

TEENAGE DUCK BALLERINA CHANTEUSE

2005-10-08T23:39:00.000-04:00

Click to enlarge:

CHEESE DOODLE MASSACRE!!!

2005-09-15T23:32:00.000-04:00

Click to enlarge:

GIANT WEENIES

2005-08-30T01:37:00.000-04:00

Forget where I found this. (Actually I found the chair on the sidewalk as well.) Click to enlarge:

ODD PAINTINGS

2005-08-14T14:52:00.000-04:00

By someone named D Vacek. Found together in someone's garbage. If I were to title them, it think it would be Pole Vault from Hell or Hades Rugby Goalpost. Acrylic on canvas; click images below to enlarge:

2005-08-14T14:45:00.000-04:00

DISARMING

2005-08-14T14:44:00.000-04:00

Armless nude; oil on canvas:

DESERTED

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Desert scene, painting found on sidewalk; oil on canvas:

2005-08-14T14:42:00.000-04:00

Detail of ghost-like penciled-in humans from painting above:

VERY LARGE PAINT JOB

2005-08-04T23:35:00.000-04:00

A very large painting of a flower vase found on sidewalk. Sorry, it's so large & unwieldy I didn't feel like moving it around or getting the other crap out of the way. I'm pretty sure it's painted on a piece of textured drop-ceiling tile; the paint is peeling off quite badly. Click image to enlarge:

WORLDLY POSSESSIONS

2005-08-04T23:29:00.000-04:00

Beseler 23C enlarger. I have printed thousands of prints on this. It was literally waiting on the curbside on garbage day a few years ago -- I guess someone had decided to "go digital":

2005-08-04T23:28:00.000-04:00

A beautiful wood & cane chair I found on garbage day a few years ago:

2005-07-03T20:06:00.000-04:00

Not sure if I'm cheating with this one or not, but this Baby Brownie Special camera was found after a flea market (today at Renninger's in Adamstown, PA)...somebody had apparently dropped it on the ground in the parking lot when they were leaving. Click image to enlarge:

TEMPESTUOUS

2005-07-03T20:02:00.000-04:00

Painting found on sidewalk. Stormy seas! Probably acrylic on canvas board. Artist employed very thick impasto technique, most likely using acrylic modeling paste:

NOTESHOE: DULY NOTED

2005-06-15T00:54:00.000-04:00

An abandoned shoe that appears to have served double duty as a notebook (noteshoe?) for names & phone numbers:

PAINT MY LIPS!

2005-06-15T00:49:00.000-04:00

Painting of lips. Oil on canvas. Anonymous. Left feet in picture to give idea of size (approx 16x20):

THE PHO CALL TO NAM

2005-06-15T00:46:00.000-04:00

Vietnam prepaid phone card found on sidewalk. Reason I included this one is because I think it's a Vietnamese pun: "Pho" is a kind of noodle soup, as seen in the picture; "The Pho" (I think) is supposed to sound like "telephone." Or something like that:

CUDDLY POOP & ELMO

2005-06-15T00:42:00.000-04:00

Mr Hankey the Christmas Poo doll, complete with his official South Park documentation. And, just like the character he's based on in the show, this doll was found in the gutter, all wet & covered with slime. Yucko:

2005-06-15T00:39:00.000-04:00

Elmo beanie baby. About 4" tall:

CRIME SCENES

2005-06-14T23:50:00.000-04:00

A couple of "crime scene" photos. Perpetrators probably smashed car windows, stole purses, removed credit cards, cash & drugs from the purses, then tossed unwanted remains onto sidewalk (makeup, tampons, Q-Tips, etc.):

2005-06-14T23:46:00.000-04:00

PLEASE HUG ME PLEASE

2005-06-12T00:10:00.000-04:00

One of my favorites. A home-made, very weird doll:

EDUCATIONAL ACTION FIGURES

2005-06-12T00:08:00.000-04:00

Rather large, rubbery dinosaur doll. Interestingly, he's been designed with a hole on his tail near his rump to expose the underlying bone structure. Why they chose his rear end is beyond me:

2005-06-12T00:05:00.000-04:00

Construction worker action figure, complete with lunchbox:

SHELLS 'N' SLUGS

2005-06-12T00:04:00.000-04:00

Spent bullet casings, found on sidewalk. Two 9mm shells and a 22 caliber:

2005-06-12T00:01:00.000-04:00

Three slugs (as in spent bullets), found on sidewalk. Very large caliber. BIC pen to give idea of size:

PLATE, NO VW BUS

2005-06-11T23:12:00.000-04:00

Colorado license plate found on top of somebody's garbage here in Philadelphia: