Revisiting the Remington Cadet

 Typewriter II, 18" x 18"

It's interesting to revisit an object that I've painted before - this is my second time painting our Remington Cadet typewriter.  Even though it's the same object, my approach was quite different.  And the lighting is completely different - the angle of the sun was higher and instead of my usual side-lit orientation the light is coming from above.  Part of each key is shaded by the one above it, and the softer, filtered light gives the metal a more faded look. When I photographed it, the light bounced off the metal producing prism effects, so there are actually some bright orange and blue colours produced from the white light. The table the typewriter is sitting on is a seafoam blue, and this also seems to reflect off the metal and changes how the machine is seen.

Detail of Typewriter II

Detail of Typewriter II

There's been a lot of attention to typewriters in the news lately and I thought it would be useful to provide some links below to some of the stories and various other cool typewriter stuff.

Last Words on the Typewriter  (The Guardian)

There's a Lot to Love About Typewriters (The Telegraph)

Most Definitely My Type

World's Last Manual Typewriter Factory Closes

Boston Typewriter Orchestra

The Virtual Typewriter Museum

The USB Typewriter

And meanwhile, did you know that the word 'typewriter' is the longest word you can spell from the QWERTY row of your keyboard?

Check out some typing trivia here.