I still have Sound Check, but it’s not for sale. When I met my husband, since he’s deaf in one ear, I mailed this painting to him and said, “Here’s some extra ear parts for you.” (I know! I’ve got game!) It hangs in our bedroom now.
This piece was part of a commissioned series done for the SEAL conference room at Duke. It is a reproduction of the first painting I ever sold and depicts a clogged artery. Eat your veggies!
This piece was a commission for a pulmonologist who has done incredible work in the field of lung regeneration. The painting is an abstract version of the microscopy associated with the work.
This was my first medical painting. We were studying the function of alveoli in A&P, and this was sort of a study group distraction. I think it was my friend, Junior, who saw it one night and said, “You should just do stuff like that.” So, I did.
This was a commission for Momen Wahidi, an interventional pulmonologist at Duke. It depicts the airway, with left and right mainstem bronchi, and a Wendy's spoon handle lodged on the left. That's right, a man was eating his food and inhaled a spoon handle from his burger into his lungs!
Perhaps a commentary on the modern fast food diet; believe it or not, this was the first painting I ever sold. I sold it at the Durham Artwalk to a non-medical couple. Darius Quarles was there to take pictures of me freaking out about my first sale.
This piece was part of a commissioned series done for the SEAL conference room at Duke. It is a reproduction of the original “Angels” and depicts alveoli, the functional unit of the lung.
This reproduction of Dancing Dendrites was commissioned by Jennifer Mangum, a Nurse Clinician at Duke. Each color represents an important part of her life, and I was honored to do this painting.
When I did this piece I was doing a lot of experimenting with mixing my own greens, so I decided to paint an inflamed gall bladder. Or, if that seems gross, then it's peas in a pod. A bit later, my friend had her gall bladder removed and kindly supported my business to commemorate it.
This reproduction of Autumn Alveoli was commissioned by Janet Edwards, a Thoracic Surgeon from Canada. She did a fellowship at Duke and the five alveoli represent the five PAs and NPs in our surgery group. Janet will be missed!
This is a painting of the thyroid cartilage, behind which the larynx or “voice box” sits. I was listening to The Old Ceremony when I started painting this. They and their single “Talk Straight” are favorites of mine.
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