VICTORIA BEHM

She was a real force, and mentored me in Chicago when I was right out of graduate school. Always kind and hilarious. I´m so sorry she´s left us.

I just told someone recently of Vicki's exhibit "1000 views of NYC" and someone else of the memorial walk through Greenwich Village, led by a Mariachi band. I am in the process of moving and just wrapped one of her fabulous ink drawings to bring to my new space. Vicki is embedded in my heart.

Vicki knew how to live in perpetuity- through her art and her smile. Just the thought of her still fills a room with light.

So strange to believe it's been four years since Vickie was with us in this realm. It seems both so long ago and as fresh as yesterday. I believe she exists in some timeless space, still so accessible in memory and in her art, yet just out of mortal reach. I held a framed drawing of hers just yesterday-- one with a bit of color-- a bouillon cube-- and I said hello to her, sent her my love. This has been repeated countless times over the last few years as I have been packing to move from...