CONTINUING THE STORY

Here's another picture of the Simic Family. Six of these artists are ones that I once represented, so I feel good about that. There have been a number of others over the years, as you well know. They gave Simic Galleries quite a boost in sales, a great deal of money over the long run.

None of these are Celebrity Artists, as you'll note. There are genuine artists who took the long difficult trail to make it to the top. It wasn't easy, either for them or for me. I think that Tony Casay is the only one in the Rolls Royce class though, isn't he?

We can also discuss Blanchard and Cortes at this point too. Let me go back to my files and see if I can locate some more photos.
Oh, yes, we cannot forget Larry (Vincent) Gallerison, can we? He used to be part of the group, not to the extent the others were, nor for as long, and he was always fun to be around.

Friendship? I'm still friends with all of these artists, the ones who are still around. Just talked to Lottie today, and Fil a few weeks ago. I don't forget them or ever break off my relationships with my old friends. That reminds me, I do have a poem about that as well, so I'll get it out and print it here too.