The Learning Curve: Telephone Pole

From "The Learning Curve". Preparing to climb a telephone pole. Undated.

Conductor's Apprentice

Mounted Print. photo taken while we were in Japan, late 60's or early 70's.

I've seen a couple of enlargements of this scene. The above was 

RTH's title on a version of the photo that was in an exhibit.

Looking through Fence

Photo of a Japanese girl looking through a fence.

I like the way her hat reflects the ornaments on the fence.

Taken in Japan, in the late 60s.  8" x 8" enlargement.

Collecting Seaweed

Collecting Seaweed. Photo taken in Japan in the late 60s. Scanned from a print.

The Learning Curve: Surveying from a Hillside

From "The Learning Curve". Surveying from a steep hillside.

The Learning Curve: Hanging from a Pier:

The Learning Curve: Drafting Table

From 'The Learning Curve'. Draftsman at a drafting table.

The Learning Curve: Blueprint

From "The Learning Curve". 

Drawn in Japan for a Navy training class, in the mid-60s.

The Learning Curve -- Hooked

From "The Learning Curve". 

Drawn in Japan for a Navy training class, in the mid-60s.

The Learning Curve -- Pipe Wrench

From "The Learning Curve". Drawn in Japan, in the mid-60s.

The Learning Curve-Still

JLS found another trove of art a short while ago. I'm going to start this series with a cartoon RTH apparently did for a Navy newsletter called "The Learning Curve". I'm guessing these were done while we were in Japan, in the mid-60s. There are six of these, and the style  is consistent across them. The only other cartoons that I'm aware of that he did were for family Christmas cards.

Self-Portrait (repost)

I've posted this photo before, but it seemed a nice one to end with. I've come to the end of the material that I want to share here. It's possible I'll find more pieces that are worthy of the collection, and if so, I will add them.

This marks the end of my regular posting. RTH always told his photography students that the secret to taking great photos was "you throw enough mud at the wall, and some of it will stick." He got a lot to stick, but there was a lot to sort through. I've enjoyed going back through all of his art. I hope you liked it too.

Bracing Trees for Winter

Trees being braced for winter.  Japan, late 60s.  If you look carefully, you might find JLS or MSH (or is that CTH?) in the crowd in the bottom right.

Paradice Village, Mexico (sketch)

Paradice Village, Mexico.  8 Feb 2005.

Decorating a New Vase

At one of the pottery factories we visited.  Possibly Mashiko.  Late 60s.

Painter in the Park

Painter in a public park.  Japan, late 60s.

Children Painting

Japanese children painting in a public park.  

Potting plants

Flower vendor potting plants.  I'm guessing this was taken at the same bonsai flower show I've posted other photos from before.  I'm not sure where or when the show was.  JLH says it could have been from a trip they took to China in 2003 or so.  They looked at bonsai one day while wasting time waiting for the ship on their Yangtze river cruise.

Small Crowd (repost)

I posted a photo of an enlargement of this image last September, but I have

the negative now, and can present a better image.  JLH has the enlargement 

(54" x 33"), which was at Terra Uchi for many years, in her entryway.

Cherry Blossom Festival Parade

A parade at a Cherry Blossom Festival.   Late 60s