Yes, his art often portrayed an umbrella. He told me once that it was a symbol of those things in a man's life that allowed him to endeavour to go on in a sometimes hostile and unfriendly world, it stood for his his wife, his family, his home, his job, his identity. These things nourish and protect all. He did a painting for me, a cityscape with a man holdin his umbrella, it's pouring rain, and cold. The individual in the painting is holding the umbrella tightly against a strong and cold wind. I also remember he had a truly beautiful family, and one wild child.