Brushes With Cancer Midwest 2023 Artwork - Twist Out Cancer- Dealing With Cancer

Brushes with Cancer Midwest 2023

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Theresa Bond's piece, "Only Blue Skies From Now On,” featuring a woman relaxing in a chair.

Anita Tulsiani and Theresa Bond Zelazny

Bari Fleischer Resilience

Charlotte A Bayala and Bari Fleischer

Artist Nicole Marie Hagg's piece, “Death or Gladioli,” which shows a nude woman's figure with here arms up, surrounded by gladiolus flowers.

Sophie Berman and Nicole Marie Hagg

Alejandro Lopez' piece, "3 Colors," which features pink, blue and green flowers with a gold background.

Dr. Antje Petershagen and Alejandro Lopez-Rincon

Rebecca Roin

Anita Bhandari and Rebecca Roin

Artist Suhani Amin's piece, "Backbone," inspired by Donna Dang.

Donna Dang and Suhani Amin

Artist Angelica Colantuoni's piece, “Ikigai: A Portrait of Resilience.”

Stephanie Jones and Angelica Colantuoni

Artist Caryn Frishman's piece, "Two Sisters," which shows two blue jays sitting on a branch together.

Stephanie Leder and Caryn Frishman

Gabrielle Heckenbucker's piece, "Unfolding," inspired by Caileigh Scott.

Caileigh Scott and Gabrielle Heckenbucker

Artist Kathryn Tubbs' piece, "Never Not Tender," which was inspired by her sister, Lynne Tubbs.

Lynne Tubbs and Kathryn Tubbs

Artist Mignon Dupepe's piece, “Porthole of Peace,” which features a mountain range seen through a porthole.

Kate Sladek and Mignon Dupepe

Artist Jacqueline Carmody's piece, "Sarah's Apothecary," which features flowers, candles, bottles, books and an hourglass on a table.

Sarah Booten and Jackie Carmody

Sujata Gazder's piece, "Vortex."

Sam Meah and Sujata Gazder

Ashley Rogers and Joelle Goldman Bilow

Artist Tanja Pleis' piece, "Awakening," which features Inspiration Fleurette standing in the woods, back to the camera and with a red shawl wrapped around her body.

Fleurette Elia and Tanja Pleis

Naimah Thomas

Wendy Santana and Naimah Thomas

Jeanette Redmond and Jessica Joy London

Artist Lena Snow's piece, "Spirit Dancer," which features a colorful outline of her inspiration.

Lauren Tarpley and Lena Snow

Emma Lyons

Venessa Purefoy and Emma Lyons

Valerie Hinojosa and Erin Greganti

Eileen O'Hair

Mabel Marban and Eileen O'Hair

Anne Marie Morgan

Shellie H Gazlay and Anne Marie Morgan

Jelena Martinović's piece "Lighthouse of Love," which features a lighthouse surrounded by bright blues, pinks, greens and yellows

Kristie Fields and Jelena Martinovic

Danielle Renee Whitehead's piece, "Familia," which features two parents and two children with bright, geometric shapes surrounding them.

Margaret Peregoy and Danielle Whitehead

Artist Michele Kellner's piece, "Mother Love," inspired by Shelly Battista

Shelly Battista and Michele Kellner

Jeff Guerrero

Carina Ranieri and Jeff Guerrero

Artist Lindsay Patton's piece, "Good Mem-ories," which shows tiny paintings arranged in a grid with a frame that resembles a smartphone.

Laura McCullough and Lindsay Patton

Lyrika Van Vliet's piece, "The Blossom Of A Wish," which shows a baby laying in a flower, with lips blowing a dandelion above it

Katie Gray and Lyrika Van Vliet

Artist Kenny Lapins' piece, "Beautiful Sky on a Terrible Day,” which features a beautiful orange, purple and blue sky above buildings and trees

Kelli Kim-Eng and Kenny Lapins

Artist Peri Goodman's piece "Maybell."

Abby Casmer and Peri Goodman

Annie Arnold's piece, “Phases of Light and Dark,” which was inspired by Callie Cullinan

Callie Cullinan and Annie Arnold

Artist Chelsea Lewis-Bahr's piece, "The Eighth Light," for Inspiration, Howard Aaron.

Howard Aaron and Chelsea Lewis-Bahr

Artist Magdalena Cuevas's piece, "Rachel," which shows a blue background and a woman in a flowing dress with her back turned.

Rachel Duran and Magdalena Cuevas

Artist Erin Krasman's piece, “Taking The High Road."

Brenna Donegan and Erin Krasman

Rachel Gingold's Brushes with Cancer piece, "Strength in Connection," which features two trees leaning into each other with their root systems shown underneath them

Claudia Lachance and Rachel Gingold

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