We were so happy to hear from one of our past clients who expressed so beautifully through art, how she felt during her cancer diagnosis and treatment. She allowed us to share her art and words.
My name is Danielle Rogers and I am an artist and have been painting for about 40 years. I've been in numerous solo and group shows. I currently have 2 paintings at the Art Hall at the Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco. I'm a member of the Katonah Museum of Art and of the Reflectionist group at Arts on the Lake.
Since I'm more of an introvert I do not have the words to express my feelings but I am lucky that I am able to do so through my art. This painting was a long time in the making. It reflects on how I felt when I went through breast cancer...horrified!!
I went through chemo, lost my hair, intense radiation and reconstruction. And all this one year after my husband died. I was very happy to have found the support from an organization like Ann's Place to help me through this period in my life. The painting was, for the longest time, without flowers...I just felt "boxed-in" but I am now cancer free for 16 years... and then I added the flowers, representing hope as a way out of the box towards this beautiful world.