Susan Tooke, Hiker on the Marsh/ Lost on the Marsh,, diptych
Title
Susan Tooke, Hiker on the Marsh/ Lost on the Marsh,, diptych
Subject
Painting
Date
2020, 2021
Description
Artist’s statement
My husband and partner, Richard Rudnicki, died suddenly on November 4, 2019. Inspite of the care and kindness of friends and family, I was suddenly alone. Each day was black. And blank. And then Covid-19 struck, first coming as a distant warning, a whisper from a place on the other side of the world. Then getting louder and louder, it arrived on the doorstep--in Canada--in Nova Scotia. Everyone was facing this alone ‘together’.
Through the first quarter of 2020, I created one painting. Lost on the Marsh represents the alone-ness and loss that I was feeling—the dislocation from the physical world of human contact. Paired with this painting is the companion piece hike on the Marsh—another painting about solitary existence and constant searching, a meditation on the experiences of life, ironically painted before the world changed, a painting about Richard.
My husband and partner, Richard Rudnicki, died suddenly on November 4, 2019. Inspite of the care and kindness of friends and family, I was suddenly alone. Each day was black. And blank. And then Covid-19 struck, first coming as a distant warning, a whisper from a place on the other side of the world. Then getting louder and louder, it arrived on the doorstep--in Canada--in Nova Scotia. Everyone was facing this alone ‘together’.
Through the first quarter of 2020, I created one painting. Lost on the Marsh represents the alone-ness and loss that I was feeling—the dislocation from the physical world of human contact. Paired with this painting is the companion piece hike on the Marsh—another painting about solitary existence and constant searching, a meditation on the experiences of life, ironically painted before the world changed, a painting about Richard.
Creator
Susan Tooke
Rights
copyright, Susan Tooke
Original Format
Painting
Citation
Susan Tooke, “Susan Tooke, Hiker on the Marsh/ Lost on the Marsh,, diptych,” Exhibits At Acadia, accessed May 6, 2024, https://exhibitsatacadia.omeka.net/items/show/58.