All Children But One

This quote was originally done for my nephew on his second birthday. He can be seen in the bottom “T”, wearing his first Halloween costume and being ready for the adventure ahead of him, accompanied by the dog and the bird.

The lettering of the main text is a wide body version of pressurized Carolingian with walnut ink and the one of the first and last sentences is Lombardic with gouache and some gilding.

There are scenes and characters from fairy tales and folk tales.  Filigree and the beanstalk are used to connect the Lombardic and Carolingian together.  Also, the monkey costume and two other moneys represent, 2016, the year of  the monkey. Happy new year!
Arches watercolor hot press paper, 15” x 22”

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