Connie Jost was, primarily, an artist who worked in a variety of mediums, but she was a dedicated environmentalist as well. The two interests often crossed over, making for an extremely wide variety of subjects in her artwork, from huge sculptures to painted art resembling the whimsical, folksy quilt patch panels of days gone by. Her love of wildlife showed up often in her work, and she will be remembered as one of the premier artists of modern times. She died of cancer in 1998. She is buried in the Chestnut Grove Cemetery in Elmer, New Jersey.