Tomie raised a lot of money for Trina Schart Hyman’s partner Jean’s school, Open Fields School in Thetford, Vermont, in 2004. (Trina Schart Hyman was one of Tomie’s best friends and an award-winning writer and illustrator of books for children.) After Tomie presented Jean with the money, Trina began working on a “Saint Tomie” painting. But, she went into the hospital and never returned home. At her memorial in her home, Jean and Trina’s daughter Katrin told Tomie to go to Trina’s studio and look on her drawing table. This drawing was there. They gave it to Tomie. (Bob)
