Unique
by Alys Caviness-Gober
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Price
$250
Dimensions
18.000 x 24.000 inches
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Title
Unique
Artist
Alys Caviness-Gober
Medium
Painting - Acrylic
Description
Unique is the smallest of the paintings in my Indiana Arts Commission grant series. It is inspired by my friend Nicole's daughter, Skylar, who has been diagnosed with Microdeletion 17p.13.3 not MDS (that is the entire name!). “Unique” (www.rarechromo.org) is an organization that helps families affected by rare chromosome disorders. Unique has helped Sky;ar's family tremendously with research, what little there is, on Skylar's rare disorder. Unique does not ask for membership dues from families. Their only requirement to join is verification of the diagnosis. Skylar and her family shared some of their experiences with me, including the hidden aspects of this disorder ~ unlike some chromosomal disorders, Skylar's does not have very many obvious physical markers. In fact, there are only two, and one of them is simply that she is small for her age (hence my choice of canvas size). I asked Skylar to help me create this painting by incorporating her actual handprints using texture, to illustrate the other physical manifestation: her handprints show that her thumbs and pinky fingers are shorter than those of people with "normal" chromosomes.
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May 9th, 2017
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