 Consuelo Ardila Orjuela from Bogota, Colombia won third place for her artwork titled “Why Me?” Consuelo was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer 21 years ago.
“My painting expresses my most profound feelings of grief, impotence and desperation before the shocking cancer diagnosis I received 21 years ago,” says Consuelo. “The colors in the background go from cold to warm tones reflecting the path crossed in all the different stages of my disease, from the dark beginning to the achievement of my well being.”
Lilly Oncology on Canvas: Expressions of a Cancer Journey is an art competition and exhibition open to any person diagnosed with cancer; their family members, friends and carers; healthcare professionals; plus artists and art students. Entrants expressed through art and in narrative, the life-affirming changes that gave their cancer journey meaning. 2000 entries came in the categories of oil; watercolor; acrylic; photography; pastel and other, including one-dimensional mixed media.
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