Peter Gordon Strickman, son of the late Marjorie Strickman and Leo Strickman, formerly of Fall River, MA, died on January 26, 2017 at Charlton Hospital in Fall River where he was born 70 years ago. He had lived in Boston for more than 30 years. The cause of death was pneumonia and many complications.
Pete attended public schools in Fall River, but skipped his senior year at Durfee High and went instead to Marlboro College in the beautiful mountains of southern Vermont where he graduated with highest honors. It is there that he further developed his talent as a painter. Artist, Wolf Kahn, was Pete's 'outside examiner' for college graduation and said of his work: "One feels in these works a gentle, slightly ironic, affectionate and generous personality; it is this quality which gives the pictures their charm and interest. He responds to the personality of sitters in portraits or the moods of nature in landscape with equal spontaneity." Pete later described himself as a "river artist"- his favorite locales being the Sakonnet, Taunton and Westport rivers. He had several shows at galleries and museums in Providence, Newport and New York City.
Pete was a brilliant, well-read, well-informed scholar, not only of religions, but of many fields of study. He had been a scientist, a mathematician and a musician; he was a poet and a wonderful story teller; he was a mystic with a deeply evolved inner life. Several years ago, he found his home with the Roman Catholic church and he experienced great comfort, joy, and solace being an active member of the Paulist Center and community where he lived on Beacon Hill in Boston.
Pete was a loyal and devoted friend. He was kind, gentle and compassionate, and had a genuinely warm and caring spirit. He was without guile. He will be painfully missed by the many people whose lives he deeply affected, especially his "little sister" Bonnie and his adopted sister Janie, along with many cousins and hundreds of friends who will cherish him and his memory forever.
Pete attended public schools in Fall River, but skipped his senior year at Durfee High and went instead to Marlboro College in the beautiful mountains of southern Vermont where he graduated with highest honors. It is there that he further developed his talent as a painter. Artist, Wolf Kahn, was Pete's 'outside examiner' for college graduation and said of his work: "One feels in these works a gentle, slightly ironic, affectionate and generous personality; it is this quality which gives the pictures their charm and interest. He responds to the personality of sitters in portraits or the moods of nature in landscape with equal spontaneity." Pete later described himself as a "river artist"- his favorite locales being the Sakonnet, Taunton and Westport rivers. He had several shows at galleries and museums in Providence, Newport and New York City.
Pete was a brilliant, well-read, well-informed scholar, not only of religions, but of many fields of study. He had been a scientist, a mathematician and a musician; he was a poet and a wonderful story teller; he was a mystic with a deeply evolved inner life. Several years ago, he found his home with the Roman Catholic church and he experienced great comfort, joy, and solace being an active member of the Paulist Center and community where he lived on Beacon Hill in Boston.
Pete was a loyal and devoted friend. He was kind, gentle and compassionate, and had a genuinely warm and caring spirit. He was without guile. He will be painfully missed by the many people whose lives he deeply affected, especially his "little sister" Bonnie and his adopted sister Janie, along with many cousins and hundreds of friends who will cherish him and his memory forever.
Peter Gordon Strickman, son of the late Marjorie Strickman and Leo Strickman, formerly of Fall River, MA, died on January 26, 2017 at Charlton Hospital in Fall River where he was born 70 years ago. He had lived in Boston for more than 30 years. The cause of death was pneumonia and many complications.
Pete attended public schools in Fall River, but skipped his senior year at Durfee High and went instead to Marlboro College in the beautiful mountains of southern Vermont where he graduated with highest honors. It is there that he further developed his talent as a painter. Artist, Wolf Kahn, was Pete's 'outside examiner' for college graduation and said of his work: "One feels in these works a gentle, slightly ironic, affectionate and generous personality; it is this quality which gives the pictures their charm and interest. He responds to the personality of sitters in portraits or the moods of nature in landscape with equal spontaneity." Pete later described himself as a "river artist"- his favorite locales being the Sakonnet, Taunton and Westport rivers. He had several shows at galleries and museums in Providence, Newport and New York City.
Pete was a brilliant, well-read, well-informed scholar, not only of religions, but of many fields of study. He had been a scientist, a mathematician and a musician; he was a poet and a wonderful story teller; he was a mystic with a deeply evolved inner life. Several years ago, he found his home with the Roman Catholic church and he experienced great comfort, joy, and solace being an active member of the Paulist Center and community where he lived on Beacon Hill in Boston.
Pete was a loyal and devoted friend. He was kind, gentle and compassionate, and had a genuinely warm and caring spirit. He was without guile. He will be painfully missed by the many people whose lives he deeply affected, especially his "little sister" Bonnie and his adopted sister Janie, along with many cousins and hundreds of friends who will cherish him and his memory forever.
Pete attended public schools in Fall River, but skipped his senior year at Durfee High and went instead to Marlboro College in the beautiful mountains of southern Vermont where he graduated with highest honors. It is there that he further developed his talent as a painter. Artist, Wolf Kahn, was Pete's 'outside examiner' for college graduation and said of his work: "One feels in these works a gentle, slightly ironic, affectionate and generous personality; it is this quality which gives the pictures their charm and interest. He responds to the personality of sitters in portraits or the moods of nature in landscape with equal spontaneity." Pete later described himself as a "river artist"- his favorite locales being the Sakonnet, Taunton and Westport rivers. He had several shows at galleries and museums in Providence, Newport and New York City.
Pete was a brilliant, well-read, well-informed scholar, not only of religions, but of many fields of study. He had been a scientist, a mathematician and a musician; he was a poet and a wonderful story teller; he was a mystic with a deeply evolved inner life. Several years ago, he found his home with the Roman Catholic church and he experienced great comfort, joy, and solace being an active member of the Paulist Center and community where he lived on Beacon Hill in Boston.
Pete was a loyal and devoted friend. He was kind, gentle and compassionate, and had a genuinely warm and caring spirit. He was without guile. He will be painfully missed by the many people whose lives he deeply affected, especially his "little sister" Bonnie and his adopted sister Janie, along with many cousins and hundreds of friends who will cherish him and his memory forever.
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