Artist Phoebe Washer, RIP

Phoebe Washer, a young and highly talented San Francisco artist, tragically died on Monday. The 20-year-old was hiking with a friend in the Marin Headlands when she fell off a cliff. We send our condolences to Phoebe's friends and family. She left us with a beautiful body of work. Link to Pheobe Washer's site, Link to SF Gate article (Thanks, Greg Long!)

[#1 posted by Oren Beck , April 15, 2008 11:34 AM]

A tragic loss as such talent is rare.

[#2 posted by scarabic , April 15, 2008 11:35 AM]

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[#3 posted by kiint , April 15, 2008 1:11 PM]

tragic, bt th vl f hr wrks jst wnt p

[#4 posted by jimh , April 15, 2008 1:18 PM]

heartbreaking news

[#5 posted by i_prefer_yeti , April 15, 2008 1:37 PM]

Sad indeed. If anyone knows of memorial service plans or condolence information, I'd be grateful if they posted about it.

Best to those who loved her.

-G

#3 I'm sure her friends and family will be comforted by your wry observation.

[#6 posted by oliveoil , April 15, 2008 1:43 PM]

so sad. rest in peace

[#7 posted by xopl , April 15, 2008 1:51 PM]

I dunno when it was that I met you, but it sure seems like I did?

My condolences to all the people who were her friends and family, from a random stranger.

[#8 posted by JSG , April 15, 2008 2:45 PM]

That is a shame, Rest in Peace....

[#9 posted by Chris , April 15, 2008 2:55 PM]

So sad. Only the good die young...

[#10 posted by darrell , April 15, 2008 3:02 PM]

"...when she fell off a cliff." ???

I was bracing for murder, fatal disease, etc...but cliff? Damn.

And the snippet above makes it sound like she was Wile E. Coyote or something, but in the article it does specify that some rocks gave way under her and she fell.

[#11 posted by McGrude , April 15, 2008 4:27 PM]

I'm on a Bay Area Police Scanner mailing list.
Someone on the list recorded video of the Coast Guard helicopter landing after her body was recovered on YouTube. No, this isn't a RickRoll, that would be in extremely poor taste.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RyJ2JOCfJbI

It is sad when the world takes someone so young and with such potential.

[#12 posted by Anonymous , April 15, 2008 6:02 PM]

Actually she died only yesterday (Mon 4/14).

[#13 posted by shalywell , April 15, 2008 8:06 PM]

I too fell 50' from cliff when 22 fem hiking with bf at pt reyes. i survived cuz i hit the water. i fell because it was windy and also because the rock broke away.
i know that for me as soon as i knew i had fallen i asked to leave my body so i would not feel the pain of landing on the ground (i did not know i would land in the water) and so i left my body on way down and did not come too until realized i was in water, which felt so warm.
i can assume she also was protected from any pain.
in fact this lesson taught me not to fear death for you are protected at the moment, just like you don't rememeber the pain of birth.

[#14 posted by Takuan , April 15, 2008 8:15 PM]

http://www.kellysartandframe.com/images_template/GordonCherryBlossom595.gif

[#15 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator , April 18, 2008 9:24 AM]

Perfect.

[#16 posted by ohgoody , May 23, 2008 11:32 AM]

For all who are interested:

There is a public memorial for Phoebe this Sunday, 5/25, at 4pm at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma. All are welcome.