Remembering Geneviève

words and photo by Clarity Miller Geneviève Castrée was a prolifc cartoonist, artist, and musician, and my friend. Born in Quebec, she spent many years of her life in Anacortes with her husband Phil Elverum and their daughter. Her life was cut short in 2016 when she died of pancreatic cancer. July 9th will be the sixth anniversary of her passing. Geneviève was a storm of emotion, creativity, and brilliance. Her art and music were humble, detailed, auto-biographical, quiet, and loud. Her work is seminal to many artists. She performed musically under the monikers Ô Paon and Woelv. Drawn & Quarterly is publishing a book this fall, Geneviève Castrée: Complete Works 1981-2016. It is a mammoth collection of her work edited by her husband. I encourage everyone to order a copy. ■

They tried to sit me in front of the mirror and cut my hair o .

They tried to take o my pants to fix them because you could see my butt through the hole.

They tried to sit me on the chair to check my teeth but I bit them.

They tried to remove the nails from my mouth so that I would stop biting them.

above notebook page circa 2005, unexplored characters, a poem

below Crying Giants

drawing for a shirt 7" x 8" I don’t remember exactly where the needlers were stuck... I got them on my stomach, arms, legs, points that hurt more than usual. My legs! - point for meditation and for pulling someone out of a seizure - I have to meditate fifteen minutes (or more) in the morning pins

FIRE WIND EARTH WATER

Ô Paon pins

elements series of 4 pins

Ô Paon rose pin modeled after a “Croatia” pin found at an Anacortes thrift store painting: 3.25" x 3.25"