Paintings and drawings by artist Kate Havekost paypal.me/KateHavekost https://www.etsy.com/shop/KateHavekostFineArt https://www.society6.com/katehavekostfineart
So I was served with eviction papers. My mom’s court appointed trustee claims I have no right to be in my home. There was a court date on the 8th of January. I filed an answer to the eviction instead of making an argument in person and am now awaiting a trial date. I’m trying to raise the funds to hire a bankruptcy attorney for my mom. They should be able to get the trustee removed thereby negating the eviction.
I was watching something on YouTube and after a couple of videos autoplays later there was an interview with Steven Tyler. He was talking about being a father and how much he loves his daughters and how they open and enrich his life. I really did cry. It is so antithetical to my relationship with my own father but also because that was the kind of love, the kind of relationship with a father that I’ve always desperately wanted. As it is I’m on my own and the last time I texted my father and told him I need his help because I’m facing homelessness he said he wouldn’t help and I should ask my mother’s family. That sounds shitty but not necessarily cruel. But, but, he knows her parents are dead as well as her sister. There is no family. And he knows it. Reminding me that there is no one…I can’t really imagine anything less kind. What a way to say fuck you to you’re daughter ‘you’re more likely to get help from cremated corpses than me.’
dear tumblr, i’m writing to you because one of our own, @havekat, a much beloved artist and member of this community, is about to lose her home and life as she knows it. she has no one to help and her circumstances are beyond tragic. she is staring homelessness, destitution, and despair in the face. i know her and trust her and know that she’s making all the right choices, but still, the system is failing her.i have created this fundraiser for her. the first $1000 will be to get her back on her feet, the rest to get her a lawyer (or two: her case is crushingly complicated). anyone you can donate, and i mean anything, will make the biggest difference. if you have only two bucks, that’s fantastic. please read my description of her case and don’t hesitate to reach out to me with questions. thank you so very much.
I spent some time painting with my near 10 year old bff. Her 10th birthday is on January 13th. She is sunshine. And because of her sunshine I’ve never been happier to have light reactive glasses.
She said sort of out of nowhere “I want to buy one of your paintings. I really like the cherry flower ones.” She said she got a lot of money (for a 10 year old) for Christmas/ her birthday and that’s what she wants to do with it. Of course I said I would give her one. Then she said she thinks it’s wrong that her parents don’t buy my art.
That was touching but 5 minutes later I tried to introduce the idea that I might have to move. She tells me I can’t move. Why would i want to move? I tell her sometimes you have to move even though you don’t want to. And this is when my glasses having gone dark comes in. Well if you move I’ll run away and come live with you.
Tears.
The thought of leaving her guts me.
I’m scared. I have to file an answer to the eviction papers I received taped on my door 9 days ago tomorrow. I’m afraid to buy food. I only have about $40 and am scared it won’t be enough for filing fees and transportation downtownIf you want to help keep a roof over my head you can donate directly to my PayPal or the GoFundMe me set up by my friend Jo and regular donations can be made via patreon. You can also buy a painting or a print in my etsy shop.
I filed my answer. I really need an attorney. And my filling fee was $202.00 money I don’t actually have. I keep being told how dire and inevitable the situation is and I’m so afraid. What am I going to do?
No one will rent to an artist with 10 dogs. My nearly 70 year mom will have nowhere to go when she’s well enough to come home.
