TREE 01 - MORNING TREE I - 1981 - 30" X 36" - Oil on canvas.

One the paintings on display at the 1982 one person, painting show at Vorpal Gallery in New York.  It was reproduced for the invitation and post cards sold by the gallery.   The subject is in fact the first of many studies of the “Hickey Tree” on the hill where Steven was the first to request to have his ashes scattered under.  Jack Hepworth was the second and then the list grew. The second painting of this tree is the one I gave Steven and it was hung next to his bed.  Little did I know what this painting would set into motion. Little did I know that even the title would have a double meaning.