Diane Deckard and I were standing in Tomie’s yard in 1987. Diane is holding Tomie’s Welsh terrier puppy, Madison, and I am holding Diane’s West Highland terrier puppy, Daisy. Diane helped me in the office and occasionally lined paper for new book projects for Tomie. After a book’s art director told Tomie the dimensions of the pages of a new book, Diane - his best paper liner - would cut art paper to the correct size and draw lines on the paper to indicate margins. After she completed that task, Tomie would start drawing and painting on the paper.
Diane would bring Daisy to work and the two puppies would chase each other throughout the barn. Madison was usually in the lead with his slightly longer legs.
When Tomie and Diane worked in Tomie’s studio, they would talk about movies and Broadway. Diane had been an actress in New York City. She bought a house in New Hampshire with residuals from some of her jobs. Her best known work was a commercial, produced in 1971, for Alka-Seltzer. (Bob)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFKifpMtlNs
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