ol fo ▁went ▁into ▁a ▁deep ▁de pression .” 2 ▁ ▁Rod ol fo ▁and ▁Nancy ▁pressed ▁on . ▁They ▁painted ▁together ▁every ▁day , ▁from ▁the ▁morning ▁until ▁often ▁late ▁into ▁the ▁evening . ▁Nancy ▁helped ▁N iet o ▁stretch ▁and ▁g esso ▁the ▁can v ases , ▁sketch ▁the ▁major ▁constru ctions ▁lines ▁and ▁N iet o ▁would ▁finish ▁the ▁work . ▁T ogether ▁they ▁created ▁hundreds ▁of ▁paint ings . ▁With ▁the ▁f ren zy ▁of ▁work , ▁N iet o ▁became ▁exha usted ▁and ▁de pressed . ▁His ▁sleep ing ▁was ▁err atic , ▁his ▁mind ▁began ▁wondering , ▁seeing ▁things , ▁speaking ▁and ▁acting ▁unusual . ▁He ▁seemed ▁to ▁have ▁an ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁coming ▁to ▁an ▁end . ▁In ▁the ▁Mexican ▁tradition ▁of ▁la ughing ▁at ▁death ▁with ▁sk ull ▁art ▁he ▁began ▁to ▁paint ▁C ala ver as ▁( sk ull s ) ▁in ▁the ▁N iet o ▁tradition ▁of ▁ment ally ▁taking ▁apart ▁the ▁struct ural ▁elements ▁only ▁to ▁re ass emble ▁them ▁in ▁a ▁different ▁per ception . ▁His ▁brief ▁life ▁ended ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁things ▁he ▁told ▁Nancy ▁was ▁“ Ke ep ▁my ▁paint ings . ▁Som ed ay ▁they ▁will ▁be ▁very ▁valuable .” ▁Nancy ▁Gl enn - N iet o ▁continues ▁to ▁paint ▁in ▁the ▁O ax ac an ▁style ▁of ▁Rod ol fo ▁N iet o . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5