NORA
Looking through Facebook I noticed a photograph, Nora Lago in Puerto Rico. Leaning against a wall on a stone lined street, one foot up on the wall, and no people as far as you could see. Dark glasses hid her eyes. She smiled ear-to-ear. I thought, How happy she looks, relaxed, at home in her parent's birth place. I asked Nora if I could have a copy of the photo to paint. She emailed it to me. After I painted Nora, I sent her a photo of it. If she liked it my plan was to send to her. She loved it and when she received it she found a beautiful corner to display and sent me a photo and asked if I approved. Of course, I did. A friend back in the Synanon days that I helped raise her daughter in a boarding school, asked if she could use the painting for the cover a book she was putting together. I asked Nora if she minded. It is her image on the painting, and I gave her the original painting so I felt permission from her was needed. She said...