Know Your Ships cover

1980, age 13 (possibly 1981)
Ink and marker.

Know Your Ships is an annual publication put out by Roger LeLievre, that lists Great Lakes vessels (“the boatwatchers’ bible”). By the late 70s I had amassed a large numer of model ships that I had built from scratch (see some examples here ). In addition, my father, uncle, siblings, and some cousins had also built a number of ship models. So I decided it was time to catalog them in my own version of Know Your Ships. The cover illustration features a fanciful interpretation of the Quin, a boat that I built for my sister Kathy.