dug Nap. Tall and rangy, with short, salt-and-pepper hair and serious large-framed glasses, he would loom over his display table looking formidable until he broke into a rather sweet smile. Nap s work, too, is instantly recognizable: colorful, in a semi-outsider-artist style, and usually featuring wry text. In fact, some of his most popular prints and cards are gaily hand-drawn quips such as Down with toilet seats, Caution: I have needs and Chard is the new kale. An au courant one: You d look better in a mask! The Burlington artist has entered 2021 with a new graphic novella titled
Friends & the Distance Between. If that sounds perfectly pandemic-inspired, Nap says that he actually began the project before COVID-19 drove us apart. But the book certainly has an unexpected layer of resonance befitting the times.