Tanya Torres  
Art for Love, Peace and Joy

I painted The Four Daughters of Eve (2003) before and after undergoing a stem-cell transplant in the hospital. It helped so much! When I came out of the hospital after cancer treatment, I felt like a newborn. Except I couldn’t cry for being held or grow up slowly while viewing life with an empty mind. I was fragile, but also carried within the fears that we all learn as we grow. After recovering enough to face the world again, I started observing in myself the way anxiety bl