Since we weren’t there, we can only guess what role family dynamics, jealousy, public/professional and family comments made to him that that he “wasn’t as good as J.C.” and/or “he’ll never measure up” etc. It’s cruelty and devastation of the highest order especially when they result in breaking someone’s spirit. Of course he would have had Depression and would have used drugs and drinking as coping mechanisms.

I think his work is FANTASTIC!! Everything here. I’ve never seen an image in illustration like the Country Gentleman cover depicting the woman in his mind like this. It’s really like something I’ve only seen on film using special effects. Life was very unfair to this man; he was a true genius.