Sudie Rakusin

I am an artist, a lesbian, a feminist, a vegan, an animal advocate and I’m Jewish. I paint, draw and sculpt what is beautiful to me: women, animals, the earth, color, pattern, design and light. Over the years my work has been accepted by Sinister Wisdom, We’Moon, Common Lives, Lesbian Lives, Big Mama Rag, Of A Like Mind, Woman of Power, Sage woman and many others. I did drawings for Patricia Monaghan’s beautiful poetry book, ‘Seasons of the Witch’. I illustrated Mary Daly’s last four books, ‘The Wickedary’, ‘Quintessence, ‘Outercourse’ and ‘Amazon Grace’, Carolyn Gage’s book ‘The Princess of Pain’, as well as her anthology of plays. It has always been an honor to collaborate with these brilliant women.

I chose Soteria as my partner in a group show, centred around pairing writers and artists. When Soteria began to sing/recite her magnificent poem, I knew I had found my partner! She was beautiful, and her work brave and bold. I wanted both her image and her words to be part of my piece, so I incised her poem behind her portrait. Since she calls herself an ‘Artivist’, I thought it was important to include.