BUD the SPUD – established 1977
We Welcome All Tourists
Specializing in Homemade french fries
Old Fashioned Chip Wagon
Church- downtown Halifax
Doorway, Halifax. Reminds me of the style of Lane Smith
Moffatt’s – established 1924 – Dartmouth
Big Teeth – Dartmouth
Quick Lunch – Dartmouth
Old ford- Dartmouth
Here’s some shots from this morning.
Great old well kept neon and clock on Pilcher’s Flowers
Robie Food Chop Suey. Old place. The sign sure is to the point.
Video Difference- New, but a neat modern take on some old styles
the UFO of God
Snowman
Quincy’s Restaurant. Newer neon, it looks like, but a nice one. The restaurant is about to be replaced by another. We’ll see what happens to the sign.
Oxford Theatre
Here’s a photo of the interior
Ardmore Tea Room
Not particularly old or special, but this just caught my eye.
I paint what I like.
Harold’s Furniture, Lebanon, PA.
Notice that the neon of the sign reads, “Furniture”, while the enamel reads Harolds. Photographed this one on a Lebanon diner trip. Unfortunately, most of the diners from that trip have now either been moved or are closed.
Abandoned Silk Mill, Columbia, PA.
Saw this while driving down the highway on the way to Lancaster. Pulled off at the exit and took some quick snaps in the early morning mist. The roof’s long since caved in, and the entire thing’s fenced off. That’s probably a good idea, it looks about ready to fall down, and I’m sure there are enough people like me out there who are just curious and stupid enough to go in.
This is a fairly massive painting, done on a big piece of plywood. I finished in less than a week, working day and night at the Maryland Summer Center for the Arts at Salisbury University, to get it ready for a show.
Abandoned Travel Trailer, Oatman, AZ
This is just outside tourist trap central, Oatman, Arizona, famous for its wild donkeys. The trailer’s an old model, filled with light wood and broken bottles.
Music Store, Kingman, AZ
Kingman Arizona was the first stop of our Arizona trip. We stayed at a restored hotel across from the railroad tracks, owned by a French gentleman. The town’s a hotbed of neon.
Nash, Cool Springs, AZ
A rusty old nash sitting outside the Cool Springs gas station, on the road from Kingman to Oatman, one of the most beautiful and winding stretches of road you’ll ever have the pleasure to drive.
Gas pump detail (work in progress) Cool Springs, AZ
A detail from a large painting of a mobilgas pump at the Cool Springs Gas Station.
Tiki
Owl Diner – Lowell, MA
The most diner-enthusiast accommodating establishment I’ve visited. Homefries to die for. A great worcester semi-streamliner.
Palace Diner – Maine
Hit the palace while it was closed, but took pictures, and did the drawing. The owner saw this drawing posted on Roadside, and got in touch with me about using it on their menu. Gave to go ahead, and never heard back after that.
Diner – Winslow, AZ
Across the street from LaPosada. Closed.
Diner – Winslow, AZ
It’s still for sale, all these years later.
Motel- Holbrook, AZ – Painting won 2nd place at a Johns Hopkins art competition.
American Owned. Broken windows.
Celebrating my win.
Here are some shots I took of the Yankee Diner last April. I was stopped by a Massachusetts State Patrol officer while here, not while I was walking back through the woods, not while I was taking pictures or peering through windows, no, according to the officer, I was stopped for looking suspicious, because I was wearing a long overcoat (it was really cold out) and sunglasses.
The diner was/ is closed, but it’s a nice example of an old Worcester lunch car.
The interior. Please note the axe at the far end.
And here’s something, back in the woods that’s of note- the original neon
I made a stop at this abandoned barn yesterday. This was my third time being here, and it never disappoints.
Diner Hunter 