Never, never, never, never, never. (2003)    

Artist Note: I feel this is a favorite pieces -plural intended. Late in his life, Edward Johnston [see "Journal"] said: "I haven't done my best work yet, and I never will." This work is unique in its publications and final resting place.


Jet-black Winsdsor/Newton Gouache, Butterfly folded pen, on 9 x 14" white Ingress paper. Watercolor and a pointed brush later added color.

Text: "Never, never, never, never, never." (King Lear), from Shakespeare's "King Lear."

Publications &: Exhibitions: "Calligraphers Engagement Calendar 2004," John Neal Books, Pub. NC, 2003. [The words are rather un-readible. In this publication, there was no title nor source. This may not have made all lucid.] "Letter Arts Review Annual, 2003," V. 18, N.3; Susan Scarsgard, Rose Folsom, jurors. "Bound and Lettered," John Neal Books, Pub. N.C. 2005. [Back cover] Permanent Collection, "Kalligraphie Sammlung Berliner," die Akademie der Kunste. Berlin. 2004. Hans-Joachim Bugert, curator. [The Kalligraphie Sammlung Berliner is the first wing of a European Academy of Fine Arts built exclusively to house modern calligraphy].