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Harry Doolittle

What's in a Name?

The name Doolittle can conjure up contrasting personalities—the fictional doctor with the ability to converse with animals, as well as the famed pilot Jimmy Doolittle, who led America's first air strike against Japan during World War II. Artist Harry Doolittle's life incorporates both the mystical and actual characteristics of his two better-known namesakes.

No, Harry doesn't claim to have the gift of an animal whisperer, able to dialogue with non-human creatures, but he does acknowledge receiving whispered instructions in a dream to create artworks that apply glass to canvass. Dr. Dolittle has given joy to generations of children. Harry Doolittle contributed to giving an equivalent joy to a generation of Baby Boomers by working on two of the most popular, landmark children's television programs of the 1950's, The Howdy Doody Show and Kukla, Fran and Ollie.

And yes, like Jimmy Doolittle, Harry was also a warrior in World War II. He piloted a Patrol Torpedo boat in the South Pacific, just like President John F. Kennedy, who's famed P.T. 109 was rammed and sunk by an enemy ship. It turns out Harry Doolittle was just one digit away from disaster. He skippered P.T. 108. Words for Sale

Over the span of four decades, Doolittle channeled his creativity through a conscious manipulation of language, a far cry from the

subconscious images that would later encourage him to replace words in favor of a visual syntax. Harry worked as a copywriter for some of America's leading advertising agencies. His gift for choosing the most convincing words in service to sell merchandise and ideas landed him in Johannesburg as the creative director for an American based ad agency. He used his language skills to persuade people to think and respond in a specific way by promoting a perception of the personal benefits they would derive from purchasing his products.

Doolittle moved from using words to sell commodities to using words to monitor the success or failure of media manipulation of the public. For six and a half years he worked as a managing editor for two magazines pertaining to radio and television ratings. This consummate wordsmith began to paint in 1969, but didn't exhibit for nearly a decade. Words Create Problems

While living in Africa, Doolittle married Misook, an Asian artist and clothing designer who vigorously supported Harry's avocation as a painter. After a lifetime of creatively employing language to promote and persuade others, Harry Doolittle concluded that, "words create problems." He considers words as the primary ingredient in the spreading of "disharmony and dissonance." Disharmony and dissonance are musically based negative terms, carefully chosen by


	Harry Doolittle What's in a Name? The name Doolittle can conjure up contrasting personalities—the fictional doctor with the ability to converse with animals, as well as the famed pilot Jimmy Doolittle, who led America's first air strike against Japan during World War II. Artist Harry Doolittle's life incorporates both the mystical and actual characteristics of his two better-known namesakes. No, Harry doesn't claim to have the gift of an animal whisperer, able to dialogue with non-human creatures, but he does acknowledge receiving whispered instructions in a dream to create artworks that apply glass to canvass. Dr. Dolittle has given joy to generations of children. Harry Doolittle contributed to giving an equivalent joy to a generation of Baby Boomers by working on two of the most popular, landmark children's television programs of the 1950's, The Howdy Doody Show and Kukla, Fran and Ollie. And yes, like Jimmy Doolittle, Harry was also a warrior in World War II. He piloted a Patrol Torpedo boat in the South Pacific, just like President John F. Kennedy, who's famed P.T. 109 was rammed and sunk by an enemy ship. It turns out Harry Doolittle was just one digit away from disaster. He skippered P.T. 108. Words for Sale Over the span of four decades, Doolittle channeled his creativity through a conscious manipulation of language, a far cry from the subconscious images that would later encourage him to replace words in favor of a visual syntax. Harry worked as a copywriter for some of America's leading advertising agencies. His gift for choosing the most convincing words in service to sell merchandise and ideas landed him in Johannesburg as the creative director for an American based ad agency. He used his language skills to persuade people to think and respond in a specific way by promoting a perception of the personal benefits they would derive from purchasing his products. Doolittle moved from using words to sell commodities to using words to monitor the success or failure of media manipulation of the public. For six and a half years he worked as a managing editor for two magazines pertaining to radio and television ratings. This consummate wordsmith began to paint in 1969, but didn't exhibit for nearly a decade. Words Create Problems While living in Africa, Doolittle married Misook, an Asian artist and clothing designer who vigorously supported Harry's avocation as a painter. After a lifetime of creatively employing language to promote and persuade others, Harry Doolittle concluded that, "words create problems." He considers words as the primary ingredient in the spreading of "disharmony and dissonance." Disharmony and dissonance are musically based negative terms, carefully chosen by