Peek Inside: “Surviving Sue” – Hide & Seek

My mom, Sue, was a tortured artist.  Throughout her life she tried to soothe herself and fill the empty spaces within by leaning into her creative side, especially painting.  I included a few references to her artwork in “Surviving Sue” and wrote about her apology art a few months ago.

Exploring her feelings with paint was a self-care technique for Sue, long before anyone tossed around the term “self-care”.  For her, a retreat into whatever makeshift studio she concocted was like crawling...