Nationwide Souvenirs -1980

Still in my "wilderness years," part-time freelancing in Brisbane, I was commissioned by Nationwide Souvenirs in late 1978 to do several T-shirts designs. They featured drawings of Australian Pub buildings from photos, to be screen printed. All orders were solicited for the business by a travelling salesman engaged by NS. The sales were successful enough to warrant employing me as a full-time artist.

As summer drew to a close, demand for T-shirts diminished. Unfortunately, not a single drawing has been preserved. It is a bit late now to try visiting the pubs (if I could remember them) to see if any prints remain! We switched to producing screen prints of military insignia and naval vessels and a few cartoons onto inexpensive mirrors as our winter line. The mirrors were a bit dark as they consisted of  glass tinting sheets adhered to one side of the glass, overlaying the screen printed reversed image. Sales were not bad but  not enough to keep the flow. The business capital evaporated before the proceeds materialised. 'No time to solicit lots of orders before it went under.