Looking In

This piece explores identity and image; the older female artist, and those whose pictures are etched into my mind. Without a stethoscope and scrubs, do people see me as I am, the doctor who has traveled on multiple volunteer missions to heal those without resources?

And, more importantly, do they see the courage and persistence of my impoverished patients who have come for help? Can they see that the beauty and color of my work is an antidote to the suffering I have witnessed and a celebration of the strength of the human spirit?