The Last Stand

22”x28” (frame 28”x34”) Painted in 1978, I bought it in 2007. A short story..... When Dorian delivered his Threshold Crossing painting to the house, he told us that this is Boris and Doris modeling, and also that he took the reference photo for the painting. He said he heard his dad calling him from the studio, and upon entering, saw his mom and dad in the pose in front of the camera and his dad shouting at him in broken English, “to just press the button!” It was very funny, the way he told it. Published in the book, Boris Book Two (Anaconda Press, 1978), the painting is one of the full color pages and said to have been commissioned and printed as a poster for Portal Publications. Took me years to find one of them to purchase. The painting also appeared in the book, Boris Vallejo Fantasy Art Techniques, published by Arco, 1985.