Working Hands Catalogue
Each work in this series includes a personal message from the subject of the painting describing their relationship to their hands and what they value most about their hands and the work they do. Each work provides a rich and revealing portrait of how our hands are shaped by our work.
Excerpt from the catalogue:
Dr. Helen Douglas D.V.M. Small animal and equine veterinarian
Baie Verte, NB
Now retired, I maintain a long-time love affair with horses. During my 40-year career with animals my hands did thousands of examinations, surgeries, injections, and repairs of all kinds. They could be used to palpate a tumour in an old cat's abdomen and the same day to throw a rope around the neck of a workhorse flailing after it crashed through the ice. But equally, they have been used to heal and soothe.
For veterinarians of my generation, my hands were everything. There was limited technology and we learned to see through our hands. Diagnosing was organic: we had to look, listen, smell and feel our patients and of all of these senses the sense of touch may have been the most important. I think about how many animals I have helped with these hands and I cannot adequately express my appreciation for the hard work they have done.
Each work in this series includes a personal message from the subject of the painting describing their relationship to their hands and what they value most about their hands and the work they do. Each work provides a rich and revealing portrait of how our hands are shaped by our work.
Excerpt from the catalogue:
Dr. Helen Douglas D.V.M. Small animal and equine veterinarian
Baie Verte, NB
Now retired, I maintain a long-time love affair with horses. During my 40-year career with animals my hands did thousands of examinations, surgeries, injections, and repairs of all kinds. They could be used to palpate a tumour in an old cat's abdomen and the same day to throw a rope around the neck of a workhorse flailing after it crashed through the ice. But equally, they have been used to heal and soothe.
For veterinarians of my generation, my hands were everything. There was limited technology and we learned to see through our hands. Diagnosing was organic: we had to look, listen, smell and feel our patients and of all of these senses the sense of touch may have been the most important. I think about how many animals I have helped with these hands and I cannot adequately express my appreciation for the hard work they have done.
Each work in this series includes a personal message from the subject of the painting describing their relationship to their hands and what they value most about their hands and the work they do. Each work provides a rich and revealing portrait of how our hands are shaped by our work.
Excerpt from the catalogue:
Dr. Helen Douglas D.V.M. Small animal and equine veterinarian
Baie Verte, NB
Now retired, I maintain a long-time love affair with horses. During my 40-year career with animals my hands did thousands of examinations, surgeries, injections, and repairs of all kinds. They could be used to palpate a tumour in an old cat's abdomen and the same day to throw a rope around the neck of a workhorse flailing after it crashed through the ice. But equally, they have been used to heal and soothe.
For veterinarians of my generation, my hands were everything. There was limited technology and we learned to see through our hands. Diagnosing was organic: we had to look, listen, smell and feel our patients and of all of these senses the sense of touch may have been the most important. I think about how many animals I have helped with these hands and I cannot adequately express my appreciation for the hard work they have done.