I've always thought that paintings in hospitals is a good idea. The environment you live in has an effect on your mental well being so it stands to reason that art displayed on hospital walls must introduce something positive to the environment. As we know, hospitals can be a challenging place to be if you are ill and a person needs all the help they can get towards their recovery. Medical practice is more than the body so hopefully artists can contribute something towards the healing process.
These paintings are a recent donation to the Peter Mac Art Collection. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is one of the worlds most advanced centres for cancer treatment and research. The building is an example of, you could say, space-age architecture.
Svetlana Karovich has an art curatorial position at the hospital and she was so enthusiastic about the work that it made me feel that donating the paintings was just the thing to do.
