Nurses
as Heroines
2007
47 x 78cm
Gouache, ink, watercolour and graphite pencil on canvas.
Gold, metal foils, resist, nurses metal badge, linen thread, needle and bandage.
This piece includes the Royal Melbourne Hospital Nurses Pledge,
an image of the
hospital logo in resist,
and a description of the ideal characteristics of a nurse,
as espoused by Florence Nightingale.
The artist trained as a nurse at this hospital, which recently celebrated
its centenary.
There is also a memorial to a nursing colleague who died tragically at work
during the creation of this piece.
2nd prize Masters Calligraphy, Ropyal Melbourne Show 2007
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