by Patricia Sahertian | Sep 15, 2021 | cancer, coloring, line drawings
sept. 7, 2021, second surgery to reconstruct my breasts after cancer. this time the results gave me a more round shape, which is good. the doctor said she would do a bit of liposuction to get some fat to fill in some crater area and wrinkles from the mesh. i had no...
by Patricia Sahertian | Sep 4, 2021 | coloring, line drawings, update
i am done with drawing the images that i want to use in my odyssey series. now it’s time to refresh my memory of homer’s epic story, and take it to the mid 20th century. i have some work to do. will keep you posted. view series...
by Patricia Sahertian | Jul 6, 2021 | collage, coloring, painting
better homes and gardens 1927. my friend gave me a bunch of magazines to use in my collage work. some are from 1927, coincidentally, the year my mom was born. here’s what they were pushing on women then: lots of ways to take care you your garden, where to buy...
by Patricia Sahertian | Jul 6, 2021 | collaboration, coloring, ipad
a friend wanted to gift her friend with a short 12 page “comic book” of her life and asked me if i could help with it. i was happy to oblige. since it’s very personal i am only going to post one image here of the raw drawing. for about half of the...
by Patricia Sahertian | May 19, 2021 | coloring, ipad, line drawings
homer, the odyssey, odysseus… ulysses. i like to take characters out of reference and give them new costumes. by that i mean, i like to take an old letter and match them up with old photos. they have nothing to do with each other, but i make them my actors. so...
by Patricia Sahertian | Apr 14, 2021 | cancer, coloring, ipad, painting
“you have cancer.” no matter where it is, or how treatable it is, it’s just a scary statement. at the end of 2019 i had my first encounter, a mild one, a ductal carcinoma in situ in my right breast. surgery was required, but no chemo or radiation and i felt lucky. in...
