From
Mickey Harris, 2 13/2002:
Here
are some scans of pictures of three portraits I did
for my class this past Fall.
David
is friend who posed at his home. The robe was a
present from Morocco. The Giraffe carved of wood sits
in his living room. He is a hair dresser in
Chestnut Hill. I gave him the
painting.
The
other two were models at the Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Art, where last Fall I took, and am taking
again, the portrait class taught by Al Gury, a
wonderful artist and terrific teacher. The one named
Emma reminds me very much of Lillie Davis, who helped
raise my sisters and me, lived with us, and kept
house and cooked for our family for over forty
years. She was a patient of [Lou
Wikler's]. I remember when I was small he
made a house call one time when she had a high
fever.