Rad Art: A Journey Through Radiation Treatment

by Sally Loughridge, V (formerly Eve Ensler) (Foreword)

A visual diary of cancer treatment, "Rad Art" is one woman's fully realized story of how she used the process of painting to help her cope with her disease and recovery. Filled with beautiful, evocative artwork, the book presents the emotional course of a cancer patient through paintings she created each day after undergoing radiation therapy. The 33 paintings are arranged chronologically--from the first to the last day of her treatment--and include accompanying text explaining her mood and feelings at the time. While respecting each person's unique experience, artist and cancer survivor Sally Loughridge has created a resource to encourage expression, sharing, and connection among cancer patients and their loved ones.

96 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Sally Loughridge is a retired clinical child psychologist who practiced almost 30 years in Burlington, Vermont. She and two colleagues co-authored three books on family change for children. Having painted the landscape throughout her life, she is now a professional artist and author in Maine. She has written two more books. "Rad Art: A Journey Through Radiation Treatment" (American Cancer Society 2012)presents her personal strategy of creating a small painting each day of six and one half weeks of daily radiation for breast cancer after her surgery. Tony award winning playwright Eve Ensler wrote the book's introduction and called the paintings "psychic inscriptions, colored illuminations...radiant offshoots."

In 2015 Sally wrote, illustrated, and self-published "Daniel and His Starry Night Blanket: A Story of Illness and Sibling Love" which tells the tale of a young child whose older sister gets cancer and, from his perspective, far too much of their family's attention. The book can help families juggle the needs of all their children when one has a serious illness or chronic condition.

Reviews

[Mahnoor Maha · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a nice book. I have learned how a person feel having the breast cancer. She paints every single day while she goes through the radiation treatment.