As I leaf through Blackstock's collections: the drawings of an artistic savant, a quote from Banksy comes to mind: "All artists are prepared to suffer for their work but why are so few prepared to learn to draw?"

Gregory L. Blackstock certainly did. A retired Seattle pot washer, autistic and artistic, his style is remindful of certain illustrated guide books and encyclopedias from the 1940s and 50s. An information architect of ordinary objects and animals, his work is made up of visual lists and taxonomies, and delicious handwritten tags.

Described by a local paper as an anthropologist of the everyday, I was struck by Blackstock's focus. The artwork featured in the book was all drawn between the early nineties and the present day. Yet his collections of dogs and hats and roofs and saws seem to belong to a world that perhaps survives hidden in pages still found in public libraries. There are no brands or digital gadgets or contemporary trends outlined by his pencils and crayons.

Quite disquieting. Very fascinating.