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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
■■Whwmoefc New. SUIT Writer
Davette Leonard’s shop combines the clutter and imaginative expression of an artist with the organization of a business woman.
Drawing tables by the large front windows in the little cinderblock building on Route 231 hold neat boxes and tins of pencils, pens and brushes. Rulers and paper are stacked in qrderly piles.' Labeled file drawers sit next to a drafting board. Bottles of ink and carts of paint march in orderly rows across shelves.
But the view of the F.T. Valley is an artist’s view, part of the reason why Leonard chose the way-offthe-beaten-track location for her shop. The walls are hung with examples of her lettering and calligraphy but interspersed are prints of the works of other artists and paintings and drawings she’s done. A screen separates a comfortable conversational nook from the work area. The bright patterned rug and wicker chairs next to the woodstove invite customers to sit and chat and a bookshelf that flanks one wall provides a wide range of browsing material if there’s a wait while Leonard puts the finishing touches on a sign. The books range from the practical (Handbook of Anatomy, Lettering, The Methods and Materials of Painting) to the unexpected, at least in a sign painter’s shop (H.G. Wells’ Outline of History, Isaac Asimov’s Foundation
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