Ann King Drawings

I bought two of Ann King's drawings from her "Cancer" series yesterday. She kept a visual journal of her experiences with fallopian tube cancer. The first drawing is from when she was initially diagnosed with cancer in July 2000.



The second was done during her second chemotherapy treatment in September 2000. She would always take her sketch pad with her to the hospital and draw while receiving the chemo.



I think the drawings are fascinating, and I love that they're so personal. Some people couldn't live with this kind of art, because it depicts painful and unpleasant parts of life. But to me it represents Ann's courage to face cancer directly and express her feelings about it.