14″ x 11″ oil on cradled wood panel 2020 by Julianna Paradisi
Yesterday, I finished this painting, Self Portrait With Mask. I made it with oil paint on a wood panel.
The scarf depicted in this painting is one I wore when I underwent chemotherapy for cancer, 20+ years ago. I wore it wrapped around my head, turban style, with dangly earrings. Now I can wrap it around my face to ward off a new disease, COVID 19. It reminds me I have been through difficult times before; to center on my inner resiliency.
JParadisi RN, OCN emeritus, is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus in painting and writing. Her paintings and short stories have been published nationally. She has exhibited artwork in galleries throughout the Pacific Northwest. Julianna is a frequent contributor to Off The Charts, the blog of the American Journal of Nursing as a blogger and illustrator.
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