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.

6th & Flatbush: a new oil painting

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 :-).

When I first went to Brooklyn, NY to help my daughter paint and enhance her apartment last September, we started with the entrance hallway. When it was time to paint the door, I volunteered to do the detail painting around the hardware on the door. When that was done, I was struck by the graphic impact of the locks and the history of securing residents they represented. Inspired by these two elements, I immediately felt moved to paint that section of the door in oil on canvas. Here it is:

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6th & Flatbush, oil on canvas, 16"x 20"

 

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