An original watercolor painting of mine celebrating art made by hand will be offered for sale at the "Interlace" exhibition at Bynd Artisan in Singapore from March 8-18, 2018.
The sketchbook itself was made by Erwin Lian, who created "The Perfect Sketchbook," and I painted the two pages directly from life.
The sketch on the left documents magical moment. I brought my manual typewriter to the student center of a nearby college, and shot a video for Facebook Live of a college mom named Kathleen who spontaneously posed for me at the keyboard while I painted her portrait.
On the facing page, I lettered a thought that occurred to me as I was painting in watercolor, comparing the mental commitment that both activities require.
On the facing page, I lettered a thought that occurred to me as I was painting in watercolor, comparing the mental commitment that both activities require.
On the right page is portrait of my Olympia SM9 from 1967. This typewriter was made during a high point of German postwar manufacturing, and it is regarded by connoisseurs as one of the finest manual typewriters every built. Before the age of computers, I typed on manuals all the time. I had almost forgotten what it feels like until my 27-year-old son gave me one that he found in a garage sale. I did a watercolor portrait of the typewriter itself and documented it on video.
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