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Here is some Christmas-related art. First up, our cousin Wendy may have posed for this one. The boy looking up at the reindeer is Deane’s grandson, Kenyon. Christmas cards for clients. John Condon worked at Ackerman-McQueen Advertising. Deane often did work for them. For Tulsa attorney John J. Livingston, 1987. The inside has the followingContinue reading “Christmas”

Deane was commissioned by Ackerman, Hood, and McQueen Advertising Agency in 1987 to design a poster for the 1988 Brunswick Men’s Winter Tour Rhino Safari. A tube was discovered but the contents would not come out. So, with the help of scissors, seven posters were removed. They were stuck together in the bottom left. WeContinue reading “Rhino Safari”

This is an exciting find! From clues I gleaned from the newspaper photograph/blurb in the previous post “1961 Zebco catalog cover”, I researched and found the Greater Tulsa magazine (thanks to Jennifer at Tulsa City County Library). And not only that, there was a big write up on p. 28 on Deane. p. 28 AContinue reading “Update on 1961 Zebco catalog cover”

This is the cover of a Zebco catalog from 1961. Can you find his signature? So, now I have three images of paintings with the ‘di’ signature. Louise Brushing her Her/I Do! and Deena, both circa 1959. The Idaho Statesman put a blurb in their paper on Sunday, July 10, 1960. So, Deane would haveContinue reading “1961 Zebco catalog cover”

I will date this painting closer to 1980. Mom still has her dark hair. Do you see the lion statue? Kirk still has it on the front porch! When the photo was taken of the painting (possibly around 2003), the painting was stored upstairs which makes me wonder if he never liked it that much.Continue reading “Louise on blue couch”

Deane, Self-portrait about 1970 – 1971 The exact date is uncertain but we know he started growing a mustache at around 1969. It first hung on a wooden privacy screen in my parent’s bedroom for many years, then came out and was hung above the floor furnace. It replaced the location of Anne, nude (!)Continue reading “Makeover!”

This was one of the first pictures I put up on the blog. I am putting it up again because I discovered something about it whereby I can date the painting! The signature! I just glossed over it the first time. It is the same signature Deane used in I Do (see the previous blog).Continue reading “Deena, 1959”

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. ThankContinue reading “Girl on a Bench”

Kay submitted a print of Anne and Kenyon (left). She thought her copy looked a little different. What do you think? The color is certainly off. You can see this image in Gallery-Eighties & Nineties > Family.

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 specialContinue reading ““I Do!””