Judith Stern Levine

I was pleasantly surprised recently, to hear from Judith Stern Levine, a fellow Dobbs Ferry High School graduate who had her portrait painted by my mother.

 

Oil portrait size approx. 16x20"

Judith says: 

Back in late 1971, both Esther Schapira Bryant  and I were about to turn 21 and we wanted to do something special FOR our parents.  We went to Mrs. Candela and she painted portraits of both of us to give as birthday presents to our parents.  I don't know what happened to Essie's, but mine still hangs in my mother's apartment where it has hung since 1972.  When she first saw it, she thought it looked more like Bobbi Ivers (DFHS Class of '64) than me.  I think it looks exactly like I looked at 21.  Charlotte, however, still says it looks like Bobbi Ivers.  Someday it will hang in my home, a reminder of days of old -- an original Candela.

Judi Stern Levine "69