Jocelyn Curry

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As a retired lettering artist and illustrator, I still create a lot of visuals and have fun doing it. My website is a place I can post and share them from my Shoreline, Washington studio in my home.

Apparition: Purple Shroud of Paintbox

November 23, 2025

Did I need a deep plunge into a new blog site, right when such a time-consuming challenge really didn’t fit into my crowded calendar? The answer, no surprise, is “no” but at least I was able to navigate the mind-befuddling process of transferring the data from my old platform to this new, AI-enhanced version of good ol’ WordPress. My previous experience of working on good ol’ WordPress wasn’t stellar, so I’m hoping to improve my relationship with it asap. So far I have been able to upload my seasonally appropriate squash painting! But now, HOW do I get rid of “Hello World!” which was placed there by Good Ol. I’m not sure about this, but I think Good Ol’s default tips will stay on this, my First Post until I figure out how to discretely remove them without being told “This is not a good idea.” At least I got my squash up on this new site for your viewing pleasure! Happy Thanksgiving :-).

I've had my little travel watercolor paintbox for years. It's an old Prang box originally belonging to my kids, re-purposed into a Winsor & Newton art-quality paintbox (something I'm careful to point out to students, especially, when they assume I'm using Prang paint). That is, the old Prang paint was cleaned out, and W&N paint squirted in.

But the reason I'm featuring my messy old paintbox here is because prior to last Tuesday, I had never opened it and seen a face looking out at me. I was with my little drawing group when I lifted the lid. When I exclaimed over the apparition and held up the box for them to see, my drawing chums immediately saw him, too. One of them took a photo at my request, and called him Shroud of Paintbox:

Purple Man

I wonder: what mishap or birth defect caused him to have to wear an eye patch?

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