Tuesday, January 19, 2010

LILLIAN DEAN AT THE DEATHBED OF VINCENT CANCINO, ST.VINCENT'S HOSPITAL, NEW YORK, CIRCA 2000


My long time friend and collector of my art, Serena Jane Dean's (pictured right with halo) mother, Lillian (at left with halo) was remarried to a man named Vincent Cancino who's HIV had been escalating leading to him dying of AIDS. Lillian wanted me to make a family portrait as she held vigil for him. Her son is behind her, Serena's and my close friend Alison Parisi is the other female in the shot and I am in the corner wearing a Gucci watch.