Artist Gill Fox had a different view, recalling that Alascia had taken "an art course that was an offshoot of the course at Textile High School, in New York City. I was deeply impressed with Vince's talent; he did great stuff for the yearbook. Years later, I went to see him and he had totally changed. I tried to get him to make a move into a better kind of work, but I couldn't get him to do it. Vince had an uninspired art career".