The Hand of the Draftsman In the quiet corners of Martin, a town that nurtured many a creative spirit, Ivan Šimko began his life's work. Born in 1914, he entered a world that would demand precision and a keen eye for the fine lines of existence. He was a man of the line, a creator who understood that a single stroke could define a character or a landscape. His hands were never idle, moving between the delicate requirements of illustration and the broader, more structural demands of the draftsman. His life was a steady accumulation of visual language. He did not merely observe; he translated t…