1988 was the year I met Michael R., the Thai boy who became one of my favorite and best models ever. As was often the case, it was my friend Gina who found him and arranged for him to model. Michael dominated my drawing and painting that year, and he was the model for Waahila, one of my best paintings ever. It’s also the year my friend Bruce S. modeled for me
Michael R. (also known as Thai Michael) was one of my top models in the late 1980s. Here he is on a hiking trail on Waahila Ridge in 1988.
1988: Top, with my friend Bruce S. at Hula’s; Bottom, opening Christmas present in Nebraska.