"I've been around art and artists
for what seems like my whole life...since turning fifty a few
years ago, I've decided to spend more time drawing.... Drawing
has always been something that makes me happy - and finding
the right equipment has always been a joy. I'm mostly working
in pen and ink, with brush washes provided by a unique Sumi
brush pen,; a funky cheap Japanese felt tip pen that one can
load with water or various tints of ink; and of course now the
perfect sketching pen, the Namiki Falcon fine, which with its
beautifully flexible nib and excellent ink flow, provides a
lively line that will be fun to learn to exploit...
One of the great things about being an art dealer of course
is that one really gets to live with art that one could never
really afford to own (well, at least not ALL of it); the photo
above shows me with a prized possession, a Matisse drawing
(in Ink of course!), one that I'll never let go."