STUDIO ART

INTIMA FALL-WINTER 2026-27

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Before, During, After | Ahmed Nadeem

How do you represent the art of being human in the face of loss? An emergency medicine physician paints a vivid representation of a cardiopulmonary arrest and a bad outcome and the necessity of delivering news with empathy.

Black Rose Tricrome | Kaitlyn Niznik

Using a vintage china plate as a canvas, a New York artist and educator explores issues and fears that revolve around food in her evocative imagery.

Comfort Hours | Maria Antonia Espinosa

This portrait of a patient on comfort care captures a moment that is “human and dignified,” says the internal medicine resident who created it with oil pastels. “Patients carry their stories. Not everyone has the opportunity to be there in someone's last moments, and this is something precious about medicine.”

Girl in Bed | Miriam Kopyto

In the chaos of the city landscape, a young woman floats in a watercolor of hazy colorful hues conveying time passing and the darkness surrounding illness.

Mind the Breath | Denise Gawley

Using watercolor, gouache and distress oxide spray, a hospice nurse “immediately saw the connection of both lungs and brain” in her luminous abstract imagery.

Never So Beautiful | William Doan

We notice the unique qualities of a person undergoing a life-altering illness in this ink and watercolor painting and know how recognizing them changes us as well.

Note to Self | Trent Davis

Instead of journaling, a medical student does a self-portrait after each semester. About the painting, one editor noted the striking elements of its artistry: “The accents on the eyes are slightly off-center, as if reflecting different perspectives and ways of seeing. The overlaid text in the background bring to mind continued cycles of reflection.”

Layered Stories | Karina Chaves

This series of drawings of de-identified consultations reflects the perspective of a developmental behavioral pediatrician who chose to draw on old prescription paper with pen “to encourage others to use whatever they have at hand to express their creativity.”

The Surgeon and the Artist | Katrina Liou

Our arts editor Victoria Yuan noted that “this piece [by a first-year medical student at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign] has a true sense of motion and touch. Its composition encourages the viewer's eye to travel and appreciate its graceful, sure lines.”

To Heal is to Comfort | Annalise Eisenbarth

“ ‘To Heal is to Comfort’ was inspired by classical memento mori paintings, which depict symbolic reminders of human mortality,” notes the artist, who is a freshman at Baylor University “exploring the intersection of science, humanities and the arts.”

Ulnar Deviation | Madeline Cheshire

Beautifully rendered in watercolor and pencil, this artwork of the artist’s and her grandmother’s hands, captures their shared condition “with resonance and intimacy.” Intima Studio Arts editor Victoria Yuan adds: “Note the texture of their skin, the shading on the fingers, and the positioning of the hands, capturing the range of effects that rheumatoid arthritis can have, while paralleling the relationship between them.”