
Deane and Louise married May 28, 1959.

I am surmising that the painting was a wedding gift to Louise. There are slides and photographs that show her in the same robe. I rounded the corners of the painting, thereby cutting off the signature. I enlarged it here. This is a special signature denoting a special event. There is no other piece that I have found marked “di”.
Correction! I have found two other pieces where Deane signed his work “di”.