The celebrated novelist talks about his book “Finding a Likeness,” and what his triumphs and failures with a paintbrush have taught him.
Nicholson Baker has already mastered one kind of art, writing books. His novels “The Mezzanine” , “Room Temperature” and “A Box of Matches” showcase his gift for finding the extraordinary in the minutiae of everyday life — buying shoelaces, feeding a baby, lighting a match. His 1992 novel, “Vox,” explored more carnal activities and became, famously, a gift from Monica Lewinsky to Bill Clinton.
Baker, 67, had given up this aspiration at 14, after his attempt to create a portrait of his sister went awry and she ended up looking like a gargoyle. But he’d always yearned to try again — his parents were visual artists, as is his wife — and so it became the perfect activity for his self-imposed “rehabilitation program.” He gave himself a simple goal: “to paint a white tablecloth set for lunch in a green and dappled shade.
Your subtitle is “How I Got Somewhat Better at Art.” How much did you improve since you began, in 2019?I don’t know if I can quantify it, but I did get better. In part, I improved by doing sneaky things like using tracing paper. At first I resisted crutches like this, but tracing helped me immeasurably.
Bob Ross is a complicated story. It’s actually Bill Alexander who taught Bob Ross how to do that kind of formulaic style, and I loved Bill Alexander — he’s the one who first used the phrase “happy fan brush.”
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