TI 57, Subtraction illustration Gone was the small classroom

Gone was the small classroom with friends I'd had since kindergarten

20″ x 20″

The wispy clouds in a soft blue sky and the old stone walls that snake through the countryside

This artwork's a fiesta for your eyes

watercolors

TI 57, Subtraction illustration Gone was the small classroomBook pages, acrylic, ink, embroidery floss, thread, and charcoal 24" x 24" on cradled birch panel My parents were of the generation that used slide rulers to perform complex calculations. Calculators became available when I entered college, and everyone used Hewitt Packard 12Cs. (Does anyone else remember using reverse Polish notation?) My kids grew up with Texas Instrument calculators. So when I came across an old TI 57 calculator instruction