In mid-April, Jill heard from a user in North Carolina. He stated he was looking up a painting’s origin. He really enjoys it. His wife’s parents are/were amateur artists in Tulsa; they bought it (sometime around 1960) and brought it to Florida. JS and his wife have it now and live in North Carolina.
Thank you, J & L S. I wish I could give the backstory on this painting! I don’t know who the model is. Looking closer, I see a car in the background and the girl is holding a dog or a teddy bear. Deane’s signature is vertical on the rock at the right.
The family was pleased Mr. S. sent in this story! I hope to hear from more!
The painting can be viewed in a photograph in its original shape in Gallery-Early Paintings.
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I changed the date to 1960.
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