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A painting I did for my oncologist's office. (Original Post) Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 OP
Wow! So cool! bif Aug 2024 #1
Thank you, bif! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #5
❤️. I still get compliments on the shell necklace!!! LakeArenal Aug 2024 #2
Awww ... thank you, Lake! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #6
It's beautiful & uplifting! -nt CrispyQ Aug 2024 #3
Thank you, CrispyQ! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #7
Wow, a butterfly release. So they breed butterflies? CrispyQ Aug 2024 #9
I'm not sure where they get them, Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #10
Beautiful 😍 sheshe2 Aug 2024 #4
Thank you sheshe2! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #8
This is beautiful as well as uplifting, my dear Diamond_Dog! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2024 #11
Thank you so much, Peggy! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #12
"" AllaN01Bear Aug 2024 #13
Haha TY AllaN01Bear Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #25
Wow. I like! Solly Mack Aug 2024 #14
Thank you so much, Solly Mack! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #32
That is really beautiful! Thank you for sharing judesedit Aug 2024 #15
Thank you so much judesedit! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #34
Wow, just beautiful. c-rational Aug 2024 #16
Thank you so much, c-rational! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #35
What an inspired work of art. Mr.Bill Aug 2024 #17
Thank you so much Mr.Bill! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #37
How beautiful! mgardener Aug 2024 #18
Thank you, mgardener! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #38
I'm jealous. Can you make one the size of a house? Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2024 #19
Thank you Hermit-The-Prog! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #39
That is an awesome work of art. wendyb-NC Aug 2024 #20
Thank you so much, Wendyb-NC! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #41
What a beautiful and inspirational painting for patients and their families facing a difficult diagnoses dlk Aug 2024 #21
Wow, what a wonderful comment! TY dlk! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #42
It's a beautiful painting dlk Aug 2024 #118
Awww! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #119
:) dlk Aug 2024 #120
That's beautiful! COL Mustard Aug 2024 #22
I sure hope so, thank you COL Mustard! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #43
Beautiful work. yobrault1 Aug 2024 #23
Thank you yobrault1! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #45
I love it TexLaProgressive Aug 2024 #24
Thank you so much TexLaProgressive! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #48
I don't know nuttin' about prints either TexLaProgressive Aug 2024 #100
TY TexLaProgressive and I hope you are doing well Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #109
Recovering from Covid TexLaProgressive Aug 2024 #112
Very nice! I'm sure your doctor and their office will love it! Ocelot II Aug 2024 #26
I sure hope so, Ocelot! Thank you so much. Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #49
Nicely done! Blue Owl Aug 2024 #27
Thank you so much, Blue Owl! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #50
Well done. Very professional. brush Aug 2024 #28
Thank you so much, brush! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #52
Wonderful! Bayard Aug 2024 #29
Thank you so much, Bayard! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #53
So very talented! archiemo Aug 2024 #30
Thank you so much, archiemo! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #54
That is beautiful Tweedy Aug 2024 #31
That was my goal. ( Hopefully.)Thank you so much Tweedy! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #56
That's beautiful! CaptainTruth Aug 2024 #33
Thank you so much, CaptainTruth! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #57
That's very good! Rizen Aug 2024 #36
Thank you, Rizen! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #58
I usually don't but I painted this recently. Rizen Aug 2024 #75
Wow. That is fabulous. Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #94
Beautiful work! That will be wonderful in a doctor's office! Think. Again. Aug 2024 #40
I hope they like it there, thank you, Think. Again.! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #59
I am not into art DENVERPOPS Aug 2024 #44
Wow, thank you DEMVERPOPS! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #61
Hey DENVERPOPS Aug 2024 #122
Beautiful and I love the 3D Butterflies. They certainly add an air of whimsy. Fla Dem Aug 2024 #46
Thank you, Fla Dem! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #64
I don't know why,but BattleRow Aug 2024 #113
Interesting idea, BattleRow! Thank you! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #114
Thank you! BattleRow Aug 2024 #115
How delightful! 3catwoman3 Aug 2024 #47
Not really commissioned, Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #66
wonderful DoBW Aug 2024 #51
Very good motto to live by, thank you DoBW! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #67
So beautiful and heartwarming... MiHale Aug 2024 #55
Thank you, MiHale! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #71
Very cool! Trueblue Texan Aug 2024 #60
Thank you so much, Trueblue Texan! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #72
Your painting is so beautiful. The butterflies! lucca18 Aug 2024 #62
Yes, it certainly was! A message from the heart, it was. Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #74
Dudette! That's amazing! Glamrock Aug 2024 #63
Haha you're funny Glamrock! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #76
I haven't sung in so long I might need a couple buckets myself! Glamrock Aug 2024 #98
No singing even when you're driving your Blue Meanie?? Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #99
Nah Glamrock Aug 2024 #101
Beautiful! Think of all of the people who will enjoy livetohike Aug 2024 #65
Thank you so much, livetihike! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #77
Wow! Eliot Rosewater Aug 2024 #68
Thank you so much, Eliot Rosewater! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #83
This is transcendent and therapeutic to view Mousetoescamper Aug 2024 #69
Thank you so much, Mousetoescamper! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #84
That should help soothe patients' jangled nerves a little bit. calimary Aug 2024 #70
You're so right, calimary. Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #85
Add a little beauty. These days, it's not just a visual treat. calimary Aug 2024 #90
You got it, calimary! There's enough ugliness in the world, for sure. Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #95
A restorative uplifting painting of hope. Been there Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #73
Thank you, Clouds Passing. Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #86
13 years C free. Stay well, Diamond_Dog Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #91
17 years for me, I can hardly believe it! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #93
Transformation and hope. StarryNite Aug 2024 #78
You got it, StarryNite. Thank you Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #87
Absolutely wonderful!! Srkdqltr Aug 2024 #79
Oh gosh, thank you Srkdqltr! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #88
Absolutely wonderful!! Srkdqltr Aug 2024 #80
This is so beautiful. MontanaMama Aug 2024 #81
Oh thank you so much, MontanaMama. Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #89
Beautifully painted! MLAA Aug 2024 #82
Thank you so much, MLAA! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #92
Stunning gademocrat7 Aug 2024 #96
Thank you, and thank you, gademocrat! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #97
Very nice! Soothing too. underpants Aug 2024 #102
Thank you so much underpants! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #104
Beautiful Duncanpup Aug 2024 #103
Thank you so much Duncanpup! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #105
Girl w/butterflies bromeando Aug 2024 #106
What a beautiful painting .❤️💕 Naio Aug 2024 #107
Than you so much, Naio! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #108
So Beautiful! Duppers Aug 2024 #110
Wow, thank you, Duppers! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #111
Love this!!! It's the 3D is samplegirl Aug 2024 #116
Aww Thank you samplegirl! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #117
You're so talented. YOur doctor will love the painting. n/t iluvtennis Aug 2024 #121
I sure hope so, iluvtennis. Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #124
Gorgeous. Full of hope and beauty. summer_in_TX Aug 2024 #123
Thank you so much, summer in TX! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #125
It's a lovely piece, Diamond Dog! True Dough Aug 2024 #126
Thank you so much, True Dough! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #127
Beautiful! I love it. ellemb Aug 2024 #128
Thank you so much, ellemb! Diamond_Dog Aug 2024 #129
So wonderful, ❤️👏👏👏👏👏 and what a thoughtful gift! And f*ck cancer! LiberalLoner Aug 29 #130
Congratulations, LiberalLoner! Diamond_Dog Aug 29 #131
❤️❤️❤️ LiberalLoner Aug 29 #132

Diamond_Dog

(34,708 posts)
7. Thank you, CrispyQ!
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 10:55 AM
Aug 2024

I was trying for “uplifting”.

Our doctors’ group used to sponsor a butterfly release every summer, so that is what gave me the idea for this.

Diamond_Dog

(34,708 posts)
10. I'm not sure where they get them,
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 11:01 AM
Aug 2024

But every participant was given a little box with a live butterfly inside. We’d all go outside and on the count of three open the boxes and see all the butterflies take off up into the sky. Usually there were about a hundred of us there, so it was a very cool thing to see. They’d make an afternoon out of it for us with entertainment and food. It was very nice.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,103 posts)
11. This is beautiful as well as uplifting, my dear Diamond_Dog!
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 11:30 AM
Aug 2024

Adding the 3 dimensional butterflies was an amazing thought.

I am sure your oncologist will love this work!

Mr.Bill

(24,795 posts)
17. What an inspired work of art.
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 11:54 AM
Aug 2024

I'm sure it will help cancer patients to be uplifted.

Are those real butterflies?

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,589 posts)
19. I'm jealous. Can you make one the size of a house?
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 12:06 PM
Aug 2024

As someone said up-thread, that's uplifting.

Thank you for sharing!

dlk

(12,378 posts)
21. What a beautiful and inspirational painting for patients and their families facing a difficult diagnoses
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 12:10 PM
Aug 2024

You have a gift.

Diamond_Dog

(34,708 posts)
48. Thank you so much TexLaProgressive!
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 01:01 PM
Aug 2024

I’m just a hobbyist so don’t know much about prints. But thank you for the nice words!

TexLaProgressive

(12,291 posts)
100. I don't know nuttin' about prints either
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 02:36 PM
Aug 2024

But it is lovely and one can hope. My oncologist is part of a clinic. I could see it in the infusion room. Anyway keep painting oh the 3D futterbys (I came up with that yesterday watching a butterfly) is marvelous.

I am not a creator but do enjoy the creativity of others.

Diamond_Dog

(34,708 posts)
94. Wow. That is fabulous.
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 02:14 PM
Aug 2024

It makes me want to look at it for a long time, so much detail. Very very nice!

DENVERPOPS

(9,957 posts)
44. I am not into art
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 12:59 PM
Aug 2024

But that is not only ORIGINAL, but it is absolutely STUNNING......

It reminds me of the style of one of the famous artists, but being ignorant, I can't remember which one....

You need to do more and sell them..........Personally rewarding, and financially rewarding at the same time.

Keep it up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Diamond_Dog

(34,708 posts)
61. Wow, thank you DEMVERPOPS!
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 01:14 PM
Aug 2024

Maybe one of these days … I’m just a hobbyist right now … it takes me a long time to finish something and I just enjoy the process of it all.

Someone else told me it reminded them of the Impressionist style, which wasn’t my goal, but that was so flattering. I can’t begin to think I’ll ever be in that club.

Diamond_Dog

(34,708 posts)
64. Thank you, Fla Dem!
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 01:19 PM
Aug 2024

Butterflies emerging from a chrysalis are a sort of a symbol of the cancer patient being cured, so I wanted to incorporate that concept somehow. I am glad you like it.

BattleRow

(1,198 posts)
113. I don't know why,but
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 05:28 PM
Aug 2024

upon seeing your exquisite piece,I immediately thought..wow, how great would it be to have Kamala releasing the butterflies...signifying the release of hope and transformation.

Of course,I understand that wouldn't be appropriate to modify your painting,but something similar could be memorable.

Diamond_Dog

(34,708 posts)
66. Not really commissioned,
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 01:24 PM
Aug 2024

But at my last checkup a year ago, we got to talking about the new office the practice moved into and all the blank walls, and my Doc mentioned if I painted something she’d be happy to hang it up. Do anything, she said. Thank You 3catwoman3!

MiHale

(10,784 posts)
55. So beautiful and heartwarming...
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 01:06 PM
Aug 2024

My first thought, feeling actually, was my daughter playing in the field in back of our house. Took me right back there.
Thank you.

livetohike

(22,971 posts)
65. Beautiful! Think of all of the people who will enjoy
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 01:22 PM
Aug 2024

this and whose spirits will be lifted . Thank you for using your talent to help others.

Diamond_Dog

(34,708 posts)
77. Thank you so much, livetihike!
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 01:36 PM
Aug 2024

It will be my honor and pleasure to lift the spirits of even one person.

Hope all is OK on your end ….

Mousetoescamper

(5,165 posts)
69. This is transcendent and therapeutic to view
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 01:27 PM
Aug 2024

Congratulations, Diamond!

May your work bring joy and solace to those in need!



calimary

(84,334 posts)
70. That should help soothe patients' jangled nerves a little bit.
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 01:28 PM
Aug 2024

Doctors’ offices are unsettling, even in the best and most benign of circumstances. At least for me.

Diamond_Dog

(34,708 posts)
85. You're so right, calimary.
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 01:55 PM
Aug 2024

I remember what a zombie I was when I first entered that place with a brand new cancer diagnosis. I wanted to create something uplifting or at the very least, a distraction.

Thank you so much!

Diamond_Dog

(34,708 posts)
86. Thank you, Clouds Passing.
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 01:57 PM
Aug 2024

So you know how it feels, I know, myself, I was probably a zombie for at least a month. Thank you and hope you are doing OK.

I love your screen name.

Clouds Passing

(2,268 posts)
91. 13 years C free. Stay well, Diamond_Dog
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 02:06 PM
Aug 2024

I like your screen name too. Bowie fan here, especially that song!

Diamond_Dog

(34,708 posts)
89. Oh thank you so much, MontanaMama.
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 02:03 PM
Aug 2024

It’s always such a thrill when people are moved by something lil’ ol’ me made.

Diamond_Dog

(34,708 posts)
111. Wow, thank you, Duppers!
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 03:59 PM
Aug 2024

I am just blown away by all the supportive comments here! Makes my day for sure!

samplegirl

(12,082 posts)
116. Love this!!! It's the 3D is
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 07:49 PM
Aug 2024

Brilliant. This is just beautiful diamond dog. You need to do more of these over the winter.
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Diamond_Dog

(34,708 posts)
117. Aww Thank you samplegirl!
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 07:52 PM
Aug 2024

Been such a crazy summer I haven’t had much time to paint at all! It’s frustrating!

summer_in_TX

(3,216 posts)
123. Gorgeous. Full of hope and beauty.
Sat Aug 17, 2024, 11:57 PM
Aug 2024

It makes me so happy to think of all the people who will go into your oncologist's office, very likely in a state of fear and feeling down. Then they'll see this. What a gift!

Diamond_Dog

(34,708 posts)
125. Thank you so much, summer in TX!
Sun Aug 18, 2024, 07:54 AM
Aug 2024

I remember how I felt when I first walked in those doors and wanted to create something comforting for patients to look at. Thank you for your kind words!

LiberalLoner

(10,148 posts)
130. So wonderful, ❤️👏👏👏👏👏 and what a thoughtful gift! And f*ck cancer!
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 09:31 AM
Aug 29

P.S. my first mammogram after surgery and cancer shows no evidence of disease! As far as we know, I am cancer free.

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