Artist. Recollections of his relationship with Dallas painter Perry Nichols, 1971-1985. His early interest in drawing and art; his introduction to Nichols; comments about Nichols’s marital life and alcoholism; Nichols’s teaching style and mentorship; his description of Nichols’s studio; his comparison of Nichols’s lifestyle to that of Ernest Hemingway; his critique of Nichols’s works and work habits; his criticisms of abstract expressionism; Nichols’s marriages; comments about the “Dallas Nine” and Nichols’s contribution to the Texas art scene.