A Birthmother’s Reflection: Mood Lavender Blue
By 1969, Susan was skillfully using pen and ink with pastel wash as she continued to process her post-adoption secret. A series of soul-searching introspective sketches captured a more passive [...]
A Birthmother’s Reflection: Sands of Time
Nearly two years after the birth and placement of Susan’s daughter, in the spring of 1968 while on vacation in California, she took time for a day of beach combing …and kept one handful of [...]
A Birthmother’s Reflection: Frozen Emotions
During the period that followed her daughter’s birth and relinquishment in 1966, birthmother Susan Van Sleet portrayed what she describes as “gut-sensing” artworks. Numerous [...]
A Birthmother’s Reflection: “Daisy”
“Daisy” is the first in a collection of original poems and paintings depicting a little girl who “grew up on canvas”, created by birthmother Susan Van Sleet, following the [...]
A Birthmother’s Perspective: Susan VanSleet
In celebration of the release of Empty Arms, I’m honored to be featuring birthmother, Susan VanSleet, all this week! Like the main character in my book, Susan became pregnant when she was [...]
