Susan Tobey White died at home of pancreatic cancer on September 22 in Belfast. She retired in 2004 after many years as an elementary art teacher in the Belfast school district to become a full-time artist, opening High Street Studio and Gallery in town. Her series of paintings, “Lobstering Women of Maine,” began after she saw a woman unloading traps in the harbor on a cold day one November. The series, exhibited at the Penobscot Marine Museum in 2019, later formed the basis of her book, Lobstering Women of Maine, published in 2023. The 18 women were each portrayed in one of White's acrylic paintings and in the book the paintings were accompanied by a brief story.
We featured Susan Tobey White's vibrant work in Landings several years ago and honor her memory with these images.
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