INTIMA FALL 2022 | STUDIO ART

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Beheld Beings | Glynnis Reed

This imaginative series, which starts with elegant photo portraits of Black women, “explores the (de)materialization of physical form through mixed media portraits interlaced with imagery of plants, palm tree leaves and water.”

Body as Tool | Jonathan Tijerina

Drawing on his experiences as a physician in ophthalmology, this artist brings a layered vision of the mind-body conundrum for all to consider.

Burnout | Brian Smith

Clinicians know the feeling well: It’s a condition akin to walking into the fire and being consumed by the flames.

Capacious | Savita Rani

“If something is capacious, it has the space and capacity to hold a great deal,” said the physician-artist who created this pen-and-ink drawing to express “a means for cultivating care and appreciating vulnerability.”

The Common Thread | Medha Cherabuddi

Women inhabit so many roles in the clinical world, each one essential and connected to each other.

The Earth’s Pulse — Mine | Serge Lecomte

Blips on a screen translate to graceful gestures in this visual contemplation about being in the natural world.

Eleven Days | Carmencita Balagtas

More expressive than words—this portrait of the effects of a life-changing virus on a mother and her autistic son.

Health, In and Through Empathic Imaginaries | Sarah Dobrowolski

Traditional art forms like a pysanka allow us to stop and reflect on the ways we can “hold the requisite space needed to nurture empathy.”

Human Experience | Gianna Paniagua

Graphic medicine draws an emotionally clear picture of illness and able-bodied reactions to it.

The Life of Cells: A Triptych Study | Wesley Usher

Watercolors magnify a microscopic part of our bodies, allowing us to reflect on its wonders.

M-OTHERED | Megan Gerber

Decisions concerning reproductive rights often mean treating mothers as ‘others’ to be controlled.

My Mother’s Last Bed | Meg Lindsay

Final moments are meditated upon and captured in an illuminating way in this oil painting.

Potential | Rachel Scheub

The miracle of pregnancy and birth can also mean the disappoint and sadness associated with miscarriage, an idea explored in this evocative painting.

Real Heroes: Pandemics and Graphic Medicine | Katie Grogan and Kriota Willberg

Bearing witness: In a medical school course, clincians-in-training explore how representations of disease, contagion and quarantine have shaped and been shaped by such factors as healthcare access, racism, political ideology, nationalism and vaccine ethics over time.

Spinal Zap | Summer Wilcox

Your imagination allows you to make connections: The brain and spine come alive as an elegant sea creature in this fanciful drawing.

The Strange Beauty and Mystery of Migraines with Auras | Ellen Burgin

“Migraines with auras are unpredictable, scary and disorienting but, as an artist who experiences them, they are fascinating subject matter,” says the North Carolina native who calls San Francisco her home.

Takotsubo Hysteria (6.24.22) | Xanthia Tucker

When the power dynamic shifts, how do our bodies react? An internal medicine doctor artfully imagines the results.

Untouchable | Azhar Alhashim

Those who are able to communicate isolation — as this painting artfully does — find others to share and understand it.

Wait, What Is That? | Rachel Mindrup

While processing the results of a son’s MRI, a parent makes a startling discovery and turns that revelation into art.