In Dad’s own hand

Just before the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence Becky, my wife, suggested I paint an homage to the holiday. Imagining my Dad as the scribe of the Declaration, I illustrated his hand with the feather pen and inkwell he had machined from solid aluminum. I’ve exhibited the set, along with hundreds of Dad’s other art pieces, at public libraries, always to a favorable reaction. Dad modeled the pen — in actuality, a ball point type — after a real feather. The ink has dried