Father’s hands are the feature of him which I most vividly remember. Looking at their precise movements, neatly arranging tools, sharpening gouges and chisels with rhythmic motions, preparing the wood to a smooth, velvety finish, I could sense the pleasure that this activity gave him.

M. C. ESCHER wrote “I am a printmaker, heart and soul.’ His unique visions were not expressed in paintings or drawings – these were only rough sketches to develop ideas which he would then realize using the traditional printmaking techniques of woodcut, mezzotint, and lithography.

“Those who wonder,” M. C. Escher once wrote, “discover that this is, in itself, a wonder.” And indeed, we are confronted by wonders whenever we enter the world of his extraordinary artwork. His pictures frequently depict things that are at once ordinary and yet impossible to find in our everyday experiences.