This 1960's painting by Raymond Neher is a portrait of his good friend Dennis Roche who moved to San Francisco from New York at about the same time as Raymond did. For many years Raymond, Dennis, and another friend, Stephen, roomed together as a band of of newly-arrived East-Coasters in 1960's San Francisco. Subsequently Dennis and Raymond also owned a house together on Guerrero Street and that is where I first met both of them in 1987.

Dennis was someone full of vitality and opinions in the manner of any good New Yorker worthy of his roots. Gregarious and energetic, he had a wide array of friends and acquaintances locally and from around the world. An inveterate frequenter of yard sales and thrift stores, Dennis had an eye for spotting collectibles of real value in the midst of the yard sale junk and distractions.

The portrait is of Dennis in 1960's fashion-wear, including a "boater" or Panama hat, bellbottom pants, and platform shoes.

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