This page is dedicated to my friend and collaborator, Jim DiTullio, aka "Puppet", or as many of knew him, "Pup".

As well as being a master craftsman, Pup was quite an artist. He could grab a piece of paper and create a work of art in mere minutes. Enjoy the images below!

I'll start with a picture he made one day after I told him that I couldn't complete the jobs I had in process because I was having trouble getting wheels from PM. I got this in my email about 15 minutes later....his rendering pretty much told the story.

He like to kid me about making "cookie cutter bikes" . As we know, Pup's bikes were all different, each a work of art.

Here are some of his artistic jabs at me........

Knowing I live and Texas and play guitar, he added his touch........

No one minds a little friendly competition, right?

Pup also become quite the photo editor using various software and his favorite, the Wacom Graphire Pen which allowed him to draw over photos and other images. Here's some examples.

When I sent him a photo of myself sitting on the edge of the Grand Canyon, he fired this one back at me

with a note saying "What a P*ssy.

I sent him a photo of a brake press that I picked up and he added his touch.

Here are some bodies that he drew on a photo of one of my frames.

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Above are some more of Pup's pen on photo specials! Below are thumbnails of some of his drawings, many of them featuring "Bud", his imaginary shop buddy. I start with a full size picture he made back in the late 80's or early 90's when the racers were going through a period of blowing up engines, many of them on the starting line.

Add to that some Holiday Cheer!

I'll be adding more when I get time so check back often!