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Category: Posts About Art & Nursing

M.C. Pasinski Chair Part of This Year’s Chair Affair

Artist Spotlight: M.C. Pasinski By Julianna Paradisi                  (This interview was originally published in the Spring 2009 issue of the … More

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Community Warehouse, Morgan Cole Pasinski, Portland art, Posts about Art, The Chair Affair

Drawing Lessons: Perspective

   While running on the Eastbank Esplanade along the Willamette River the other day, I saw a trio of young siblings torturing one of … More

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art and health, east bank esplanade, Hawthrone Bridge, health, Musings, nurse blogs, nursing, Oregon, Portland, Posts about Art, wellness

Mother Mary and Me

       Yesterday I walked out the door of the clinic where parked alongside the curb was this turqouise Galaxie with its backseat passenger. … More

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beatles, big three auto industry crisis, Carl Jung, health care crisis, Let it Be, nurse blogs, nursing, Posts about Art, significant coincidence, wellness

Urban Horses

“There is a burden here, and it is the weight of the familiar.” Philip Guston “Julianna, you have to stop … More

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art and nursing, horse paintings, nurse blogs, philip guston, Posts about Art

Courage in Winter

It’s February and one of my orchids decided to bloom anyway. I appreciate this, because it sits on the windowsill, … More

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medical arts, Musings, Old Town, orchids, Posts about Art

Greetings From Slabtown

            The paintings in the series Greetings From Slabtown began when I painted the view from the window of the loft … More

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art and healthcare, nurse artist, nursing, Pearl District, Posts about Art, Slabtown

On Art And IV’s, Part II

I know I have successfully placed an IV when a “flash” of blood, visible in the clear plastic introducer of the angiocath, verifies … More

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art and healthcare, nurse blog, nursing, Posts about Art

On Art and IV’s

  I want to discuss what it’s like to be an artist and a nurse. The visual art pieces are … More

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art & nursing, nurse blogs, nursing, Posts about Art

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A Little About Myself

Unknown's avatarJParadisiRN 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 was a frequent contributor of illustrated blog posts to Off The Charts, the blog of the American Journal of Nursing. She has been a nurse for 33 years, specializing in Pediatric Intensive Care, Oncology Infusion, and as an Oncology Nurse Navigator.

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