Walt Stewart died November 26, 2002, and is deeply missed in Stinson, Bolinas and beyond.

My favorite story of Walt: a few years ago he had someone create a Web site to show his work -- courtartist.com -- and, naturally, got an e-mail address. I told Walt I'd put his e-mail up in this Gallery, but Walt said, "Don't bother, I don't know how to check it."

Since then, I often offered to show him how to check his e-mail, and he always said "Great!" But we both knew he didn't mean it. So Walt died without ever checking the e-mail address that had been advertised on his Web site for years. And I honor him for that.