Chrysalis 2- in My Drawers

Day #23 of What's in My Drawers.

Chrysalis 2
Etching, aquatint with gold embossed
rubber stamp
Image size: 7" x 5"
Paper size: 12.5" x 9.5"
Edition of 20
©NanciHersh
$150.00

                                                             

This etching with aquatint started out as a demo plate for my class when I was teaching printmaking at Monmouth University in Long Branch, NJ.

A highly personal piece (I do wear my heart on my sleeve) it later became the iconic image for the Art of Survival at Herspace, an annual art exhibition honoring women who have been touched by breast cancer.

Following my bilateral mastectomy in 2003,  I felt tight and sore, and was scarred physically and probably a bit, emotionally. I saw myself creating a healing cocoon around my raw body.

And like a butterfly who emerges from her cocoon when the time is right, I trusted, that I, too would emerge and take flight.

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Gratitude- in My Drawers

Day #10, November 27, 2013 from What's in My Drawers.

Gratitude
15" x 22"
Colored pencil, archival print on Rives
©NanciHersh
SOLD

                                                               

In the midst of all the preparations for Thanksgiving tomorrow which we are hosting this year, it's time to stop and remember what is really important.

For me it is the fact that I am here, feeling great and loving life-  family, friends, art, travel, learning, connecting, surfing, reading... it's all good. Even the tough stuff.

This piece is part of my breast cancer series. Always wanted to come up with a catchier title but it is what it is. A friend took many shots of my body before and after my bilateral mastectomy in 2002 and those images became the basis for works on paper that were shown at the first Herspace Art of Survival created by Dr. Beth Deutch in Long Branch, NJ.

http://www.herspacebreast.com/artofsurvival/

To those who have come before me....

Because of you, I am here to your courage

your life

I am Grateful.

Amen.

now time to walk my pooches, clean the bathrooms and start the food prep!

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