Merry Christmas to all our readers

Maria Lucia has had a few days in hospital recently, but she's now back working in the studio

Acrylic on paper on canvas 20x20 cm November 2014

Acrylic on paper on canvas 40x40 cm November 2014

The Iceberg

More news and pictures to come soon. In the meantime, I've just finished this very fine book telling someone else's story of this disease. Some of the symptoms are the same, some different. Some of the circumstances are the same, some different.

Recommended reading. 

Some recent pictures

Working in the Garibaldi Studio November 22

Water-based marker on paper on canvas 80x80 cm. October 2014

Acrylic on paper on canvas 80 x 80 cm. October 2014 

Acrylic on paper on canvas 90 x 60 cm. November 2014

Acrylic on paper on canvas 20 x 20 cm November 2014

Acrylic on paper on canvas 20 x 20 cm. November 2014

Acrylic on paper on canvas 30 x 30 cm. November 2014

Wall drawing

The wall drawing began after Maria Lucia was encouraged to start working on a wall inside our house in Porto Alegre.

 and it just seemed to develop from there

Water-based marker on wall 220 x 220 cm September 2014

Introduction

Maria Lucia was diagnosed with brain cancer in early December 2014. The tumours have been affecting her severely since their discovery. She has undergone surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy and continues with chemotherapy treatment.

After nine months of treatment, in late August 2014 she returned to her work as an artist, now with little control or movement of her right limbs and consequently working left-handed, mainly from a wheelchair.

This blog aims to illustrate some of the work she has been making and keep people informed about its progress. It does not intend to provide a diary of her treatment or condition.

I hope that the pictures speak for themselves.

A link to her website is alongside.

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