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.

Mapping a Serpentine River: the Mosel

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 :-).

My summer began early: in May. Off to Europe I went to make a 50-year anniversary visit to Germany where I lived during my senior year of high school. To make the trip an adventure, a friend I had made during that year rendezvous'd with me at the Frankfurt airport and off we went, bike helmets in hand, to board a venerable old barge headed out of Koblenz for the tiny town of Saarburg just past the southern end of the Mosel River. As a reminder of our fun week of barging, biking, and learning about Riesling viticulture along this scenic river, I made a map. Please click on the map to see an enlarged version. After all, you don't want to miss a thing!

 

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Map is about 6"x9", done with a black gel pen and watercolor, freely written and drawn in my sketchbook.

 As a side note, I will be teaching my class, "The Art of Drawing Maps" at the North Cascades Institute's Environmental Learning Center in the gorgeous mountains of Washington State. This location is about a three-hour drive from Seattle. To read about it or register, please click HERE.

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