Latch from Mission c. 1939

Cornelius Christoffels made this watercolor of a latch from Mission, and I just love how it transforms something so everyday into something else. I can imagine the artist carefully studying the object, figuring out how to translate its form and texture onto paper. It's not just about replicating what he sees, but really feeling the weight and purpose of the thing. And look at those lines – they're so precise, but there's also this warmth to them. The way the brown watercolor kinda bleeds into the paper, it's like he's capturing the essence of the latch. A quiet moment of contemplation, turning a humble object into something beautiful and worthy of our attention. It reminds me that everything, even the most ordinary things, has its own story to tell.