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.

Names, Embellished

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 :-).

For over a year I have been wanting to send a gift to my daughter's friend who recently had her second baby boy. This cherished baby came along after the sudden, heartbreaking death of her first son at the age of two. Not certain how to commemorate this son while greeting the little newcomer, I had to think about what to make. I know that the power of a name can be enhanced by being written by a calligrapher or lettering artist, so I hand lettered both boys' names, added a little portrait of the two golden retrievers the family has included, and put the names into mat openings in multi-opening mats for each boy. Last week I sent the two pre-cut mats with the names to the parents. Here are the names:

Boys names

Watercolor with permanent fiber tip pen

 

 

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