Keyword: patient
Study for Hug
This study gives a clue to how the painting Hug developed from an earlier work, Solarium. Solarium showed a number of patients and family members in an inner waiting area of a modern hospital. Each figure exhibited different signs of
Solarium
The older kissing couple contrast with the solitary patients around them. Robert had his parents, Bill and Isabel, pose for this image. The figures are quite small in the frame, but attention is directed to them by the round light
Waiting Area
Waiting is a big part of the patient’s experience. While Robert waits, he observes and draws. Robert’s charcoal drawing, while almost identical to the pen and ink sketch of the same subject, focuses more on the patients and on capturing
Cancer
In The First Day, Robert had shown a female patient in a cast and crutches looking at a gift of flowers. The painting is set outdoors and has a bright and optimistic feeling to it. Cancer shows a male patient