Cassie, 1991 - acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 in, 91.4 x 61 cm
Description: Painted from a photo. Big and fast I painted this, one day at the easel. Cassie was on the phone with her doctor. I dreaded those calls. She put the phone down slowly and sat there as I watched her in the afternoon light. When I went over to sit with her, she quietly said, “It doesn’t look good for me.” We held hands, held back tears, and I said, “I’ll put the kettle on.”