DIANA TRILLING , NYC

          " The important point is your extraordinary achievement --- you are indeed a master portraitist and how lucky i am to have encountered you !   I hate having photographs taken of me and i had a deep reluctance to sit for a portrait . You at once vanquished this fear by the gentleness of your approach to your task and i was comforted that you would show the pleasanter face of truth. But manifestly you went well beyond this to create a living subject. How grateful I am to you and your art ! "

                                                                                 DIANA TRILLING NYC,24 DECEMBER 1993