CatskillWatersArt

  The artist: Lois Marilyn Ostapczuk Feb. 10 th , 1948 – March 2 nd , 2023 Lois was born in Newark, New Jersey to Robert and Doris Koch, the...

The last Christmas card (2023):   In late 2022 just a few short weeks before Lois entered Hospice care, she was still actively painting wate...

Flugertown:   We relocated to New York shortly after we married in 1970.  My husband used the excuse of new careers for both of us, which wa...

Cancer:   In November of 2021 Lois was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer.  With caring medical support from Memorial Sloan Kettering phy...

The unfinished:  The pronoun "me" was not part of Lois' vocabulary.  Pronouns like "you" and "we" were wh...

  Esopus Creek Silver Bullet:   My husband, Ed, prides himself on the underwater photographs he frequently takes of trout that he’s caught. ...

  Mother’s Pool winter:    Often when we travel from Phoenicia to Mount Tremper my husband will utilize Old Route 28/Plank Road along his Es...