Patricia Helen Renaud

Patricia Renaud, artist, writer, and adored mother of Patrick, Bay, and Peter Renaud, and their sister, Summer Graef, her life itself was a work of art and illumined the lives of family, friends, felines, canines, birds and flora who were her intimates. In September, the family celebrated her graduation from Goddard College, with an MFA in the Interdisciplinary Arts. For her thesis, she described her art process as follows, capturing so well the work and the life: "My process, the wonder I have, is the ongoing living search for why the artist must, must paint, must write, must create, how and why we must. It is the irrevocable, irreconcilable, why does art matter so much to me, what and why the aesthetic importance of myriad detritus of life, colors and shapes, be it vegetables, chairs and tables, miniatures, vases of flowers, a fury face, the chaos of the garden, is meaningful to me, compels me to touch, to arrange or to paint. Marcel Duchamp's art legacy, left to us to find inspiration in his aesthetic, hedonistic, ascetic life of l'art pour l'art, "breathing in and breathing out," impels ardent research of my inner self for my own truths." All your friends, flora, fauna, and humans, miss your presence, dearest Pat, which lives on and flourishes in us all. Her family is hosting a memorial in the home of the artist for family and friends from 4pm to 8pm, to drop in or stay, Saturday, January 11th. Please share your thoughts, stories, photos with all of us who were part of her beloved coterie at http://www.farewelltributes.com Her children will be posting more photos of her life and work in the days and weeks to come. Thank you all who have been so generous and supportive.