Survivor by RG Pettit

I don't know a single family that hasn't been touched by cancer. When I was young, it was considered fatal. Thank God for medical advancements, so that more people are not only surviving a diagnosis, they are thriving.

I used "kintsugi" (the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold, thereby making it more beautiful) to show how we can become stronger and wiser after surgery.

11" x 14," Oil on Linen