2014 winner 18x24" pastel on tinted charcoal paper While being treated for cancer, much of patients’, and often
their closest caregivers’, lives are spent indoors, observing the changing days
and seasons from behind a window. This
original art composition, “Outside Looking In”, speaks of finally being outside
of the window, experiencing life as more than an observer through the
glass. "My youngest son is a pediatric
cancer survivor and, happily, he’s doing great now, despite many scars and some
hearing loss. Some of the memorable
outdoor places we’ve been since he became well are the seashore, a theme park
and annual trips to a local pumpkin patch—where we saw a weather-beaten old window,
just like this one."