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Men in swings   1989-1991


This series began as a commission from Jim Bailey whose partner had died of AIDS.   He remembered the happy days when they would both swing at Hanlan’s Point, Toronto islands.  I visited the site with him, did some some sketches, took some photos of Jim swinging.  Having no photo of his lover, I just painted away.  Jim too died of AIDS.      

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