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Veronica DeAnda Tosten
By Sarah | February 11, 2010
As a close friend remarked most aptly on the day of her passing, “Your battle was so long…get some rest now”.
My friend and artist Veronica DeAnda Tosten passed last Wednesday, Feb 3rd. I received a call telling me that she had gone some time early in the morning. On that day in the same morning I was aware that Jen was beginning the labor process to give birth to her little girl. I met both Jen and Veronica in graduate school in 2001. They were a year ahead of me and we were all working towards our MFA’s in painting. Their studios were 2 doors down from each other. All of the grad students became a close group of artists. I haven’t quite put my thoughts together and made sense of it all. But I feel that there is something beautiful and amazing or just profound that on the same day one friend passes, another brings new life into the world. So much joy and so much mourning on a Wednesday. Veronica will be deeply missed.
Please take some time to read the words of Jim Burton, another artist and friend from the grad program and 500X Gallery. He said it all so very well, here.
A memorial for Veronica will be at 500X Gallery this Saturday, February 13, from 2-5 p.m. A slide show celebrating Veronica’s life and art will be playing during the memorial. A eulogy written by Veronica will be read at the midpoint of the memorial. Veronica’s husband, Erik, would like donations be made to EASL in lieu of flowers.
All my love goes to Erik and the DeAnda and Tosten families. A facebook page in Memorial for Veronica has been started where you can see photos of Veronica and her artwork.
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February 12th, 2010 at 10:57 am
I remember going to the show with you that included her banana peel and wooden teeth/glassy eyes. So sorry for your loss.
May 11th, 2010 at 6:45 am
Veronica and I were together for two years in El Paso. I was her first boyfriend. She was so precious to me and I’m just struck at her passing. I recall her first year writing about all of you in her cohort at UNT. I recognize many of the faces from photos she emailed while she was there. She always made fun of herself as the “hairy monkey” and said you couldn’t throw a rock into a crowd at UNT without hitting a blond named Jennifer. Does that sound like her? With great affection, Craig