Beatnik Magnets

It was at the end of 1957 when Seattle finally got its own dedicated jazz club when Pete's Poop Deck opened their doors.

Ink drawing.

Classic Retro Counter Culture Style! Steal This Design - Pop Culture Throwback Concepts. Radical Style - Hippie, Yippie, Beat 20th Century Reference.

Allen Ginsberg, American poet, philosopher, Beat Generation writer and Author of Howl and Other Poems, Kaddish, Reality Sandwiches, America, and Planet News.

Allen Ginsberg, American poet, philosopher, Beat Generation writer and Author of Howl and Other Poems, Kaddish, Reality Sandwiches, America, and Planet News.

Classic Retro Counter Culture Style! Steal This Design - Pop Culture Throwback Concepts. Radical Style - Hippie, Yippie, Beat 20th Century Reference.

The mighty John Steinbeck wrote some of the finest books in the history of American literature.

When William S. Burroughs met Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, it was an event that would stay recorded in the history of literature. Burroughs was an interesting character and a man of substance.

This is a portrait of Jack Kerouac, the writer of the cult novel On the Road. His favorite themes were rambling, drinking, and all that jazz.

Conformity is for Squares

Jack Kerouac Passport Photo

A master at bleat poetry, Bleat Nik is one of the many quirky, collaged monsters featured in "A Collection of Monsters" 'zine. ©Alice Vinson

The beatwriter Jack Kerouac and the beat-extraordinaire Neal Cassidy (aka Dean Moriarty). A drawing from 2023

Beat Generation, Beatniks, late 50s movement. Beat Poet, the Beats, for writer, poetry slam, Kerouac, Ginsberg fans. Handwritten by badlydrawnbabe

Beat Generation, Beatniks, late 50s movement. Beat Poet, the Beats, for writer, poetry slam, Kerouac, Ginsberg fans. Handwritten by badlydrawnbabe

9 x 12 Self Portrait done in a Film Noir/Abstractish style.

A hand contorts, light plays on skin: a shadow is thrown upon the wall in the shape of a little rabbit.

bukowski

Take a trip back to the hippy age, the Age of Aquarius.

HIppy Fish enjoying a swim in the glow of a Rainbow.

A coffee couple out with their dog.

The great Burroughs. No, not the Tarzan-one. The mugwump-one.

Artist palette hat painted in oil on board

Inspired by Linnaea's Cafe in my home town of SLO.

Tribute to the writer Herbert Huncke.

Classic Retro Counter Culture Style! Steal This Design - Pop Culture Throwback Concepts. Radical Style - Hippie, Yippie, Beat 20th Century Reference.

A hand contorts, light plays on skin: a shadow is thrown upon the wall in the shape of a good dog.

original design

Tribute to the writer Herbert Huncke.

Turn your eyes inwards and dig the vacuum

Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs

Inspired by Linnaea's Cafe in my home town of SLO. A coffee house and gathering spot for artists, poets, musicians and anyone who craves conversation and great coffee

Part of a painting of mine.

The most well dressed of all the deliciously decadent beats.

Part of a larger drawing from 2023 of my favorite cut-up-artist, Old Bull Lee.

a portrait of one of the best writers of our time, William S Burroughs.