Everything else can wait Neutral Unlike so many celebrity portraits

Unlike so many celebrity portraits this was certainly painted from life

The artist Karin van Leyden had an extraordinary life

it is a domestic moment rather than a formal coming of age or marriage marker

At another

Hugh Munro worked for the artist Charles Hodge Mackie cutting woodblocks

Everything else can wait Neutral Unlike so many celebrity portraitsThe Crookleigh Chronicles I chose this short 1894 novel for the lovely italic capitals used on each of the 39 chapter headings. This delightful village romp by Silas K Hocking was the inspiration for this collection. Acrylic, coloured pencil, and ink hatching on vintage book pages & UV protective museum glass