Gordon Wetmore passes away

[David Draime]

Very sad, indeed. He gave so much of himself for those of us who, each year, enjoy the Portrait Conferences. He will be sorely missed.

[SB Wang]

I just heard from an artist, and I can spell his name right. I posted on a medical section of a website, mentioned this...
I copied this by a website:
"It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of portrait painter, Gordon Wetmore. Having only recently been diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disorder, Prion Disease, Wetmore quickly succumbed to its devastating effects, and died the evening of August 25, 2011. He was 73".
I met and chattered with him in 1998 in Charlotte, where I saw some of his nice works. I said that we are in common of that our last names started with the letter w, he joked that it only put me in the rear of the name list. My friend said that his work load in PSA is almost like a full time job.

[Marcus Lim]

Life really is so unpredictable.
I can still remember meeting him at the last Conference, and talking to him for a while. He looked fine, albeit tired probably from the running around getting things done for the Conference.

Thanks for sharing this news, though I'm sorry I didn't know about this earlier.