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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 18h

This weeks theme on #All4InclusionArtGroup run by the fabulous @disabled_life_2b_lived - the theme was Music. I did a portrait of a young Chris Cornell

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ID Watercolour portrait of a young Chris Cornell, the singer from the group Soundgarden. Soundgarden were part of the grunge scene and a band a I saw a couple of times live. Chris had an awesome voice but was plagued with mental ill health and had anxiety, depression and agoraphobia. Painting is of a young handsome man with long wavy black hair blowing about around him he has very pale blue eyes and a short moustache and beard, fabulous cheeckbones and a chiselled jaw bone. He is wearing nothing on his top half apart from a black bead necklace

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 2d

thank you Jeff :)

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 3d

Im getting a wee bit bored already with reduced activity, but at least I have my paintings to keep me occupied.

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 3d

Im feeling ok in myself at the moment but still very good at sleeping. Mango, my cat, is getting a wee bit bored with my lack of activity, I can still chase her but thought it best not to throw things for her to chase, whilst swelling still so pronounced.

Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 3d

Completed Breast Cancer Self Portrait number 10

This shows hte day I removed the dressing after my operation to remove the lump and also for some nodes to be removed and tested, I get the results of the node biopsies on the 21st October.
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ID completed self portrait. My face is facing forward and by body is at 3/4 angle with my hands held in tense poses to the front of the image, so my arms are bent at the elbow, Im kneeling down. I have painted the dark shades in in green and have painted in my eyes lips and nipples and also the wound and bruising round it and the next shade has been added which is a mid to pale brown and the final colour, light wash of very pale reddish brown. and hair is painted in shades of red and purple.

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 4d

They said it was ok but I was probably doing a wee bit too much which was why it had swollen but it wasnt so swollen it needed draining. So Ive been advised to stick to the physio Ive been given and only do very gentle yoga if Im going to do yoga.

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 4d

WIP partially painted Cancer portrait number 10. This is from when I took the dressing off, 5 days after the operation on the 1st of October. so its now 18 days after my operation. I visited the hospital for me to check the wound yesterday as it seems to have swollen up more.

ID partially painted self portrait. My face is facing forward and by body is at 3/4 angle with my hands held in tense poses to the front of the image, so my arms are bent at the elbow, Im kneeling down. I have painted the dark shades in in green and have painted in my eyes lips and nipples and also the wound and bruising round it and the next shade has been added which is a mid to pale brown

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 5d

and I seem to be more swollen than I was so I have an appointment at the hospital to have the wound checked, at 2.30 today as I might have a seroma I think its called, it might need draining. which is excessive fluid on the wound.

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 5d

WIP Cancer Portrait No 10. This is from when I took the dressing off which was 5 days after the operation on the 26th September. As you can see there is some bruising and swelling. Im now on day 16 after the operation and have phoned up MacMillan as my wound isnt healing well at the top

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 7d

2. But if its still shown no improvement by Monday Ill phone up the MacMillan nurse and ask for advice. Im continuing with my physio and need to start massaging my arm of a night again to help avoid lymphodema as Ive been a bit lazy with that the past could of nights!

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 7d

1. Currently my wound seems to be having difficulty healing on the top half, Im not sure if this is because of teh support bra rubbing on that part of the wound. I have tried adjusting the strap a few days ago so hopefully the edge of the bra is no longer rubbing on the wound.

Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 7d

WIP Line drawing of Cancer Portrait 10 I think this is? I am now 2 weeks since my operation, but this drawing is from 5 days after my operation, when I took the dressing off from the wound. This shows some of the very dark bruising I had from the wound and also some of the paler bruising.

ID Line drawing self portrait. My face is facing forward and by body is at 3/4 angle with my hands held in tense poses to the front of the image, so my arms are bent at the elbow, Im kneeling down

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 9d

She was a black activist and also had some chronic health conditions so was representative of the disabled community too. Watercolour portrait of Black woman with shortish afro hair, She has fabulous cheek bones. She is wearing a silver earring and a purple jacket

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 9d

This weeks theme on #All4InclusionArtGroup run by the fabulous @disabled_life_2b_lived - the theme was Black history month

ID Claudia Jones organised the first carribean carnival in London in 1959 which is considered the precursor to the Notting Hill carnival.

ID Claudia Jones organised the first carribean carnival in London in 1959 which is considered the precursor to the Notting Hill carnival. She was a black activist and also had some chronic health conditions so was representative of the disabled community too. Watercolour portrait of Black woman with shortish afro hair, She has fabulous cheek bones. She is wearing a silver earring and a purple jacket

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 10d

2. as the edge of the bra under the arm, was rubbing on the scar and aggravating it! So Have altered that and made it higher so hopefully the top of the scar will get a chance to heal better as the bottom of it is doing pretty well.

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 10d

1. which is on the other side of my kitchen, the kitchen wall joins onto the bedroom wall, so as you can imagine, its not ideal environment for migraine! But apart from migraine am doing ok recovering from op. I had to adjust my support bra as the top of my scar wasnt healing

Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 10d

Completed Cancer Portrait No 9 from day of return from hospital with the dressing over the surgery site where the tumour has been removed and some sentinel nodes. Today I have another migraine and I think next door are drilling and demolishing the party wall

ID self portrait painted in green, tan and light cream colour and lips and nipple painted red. Mango, my black cat, has been painted. I am viewed from the side of the wound. My front arm is bent and resting on the top of my head, the other arm is bent up at the side and you can see my hand splayed across the side of my head facing . I have rounded my upper back slightly and because my arm is raised, you can see the large dressing running down the side of my boob, where my boob heads into my armpit. I still have the two hospital tags on my right arm. Mango, my cat has her back to the camera and is resting one paw on my leg.

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 11d

4. Atrocious and like Im at deaths door! As long as my diagnoses means I dont have to have chemo, I am feeling pretty positive.

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 11d

3. that I get away with out having one. Im actually feeling ok mentally at the moment and have a pretty positive outlook that all will be well. so thats good. I think its because, compared with my operation for esophageal cancer and the treatment for that too. This is not making me feel

Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 11d

2. directly behind my bedhead! Have taken meds so will be spending a lot of today resting. Physio is going well and I can do all the stretches to help not got a frozen shoulder following hte surgery, which is apparently very common. Im prone to frozen shoulders so hope

Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 11d

1. I think teh support bras I bought are rubbing on the top of the scar, which isnt helping. Ive took the strap off and folded the top of it down to hopefully avoid the rubbing and help it heal. Today I have a migraine so have taken meds for that. Not helped by the drilling in the party wall

Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 11d

WIP - Cancer Portrait No 9. This is from my first day home after operation in hospital on Friday the 26th. I still have my hospital tags on. Today is day 11 I think, after the operation. The bottom half of my scar looks pretty much healed, but the top half is looking sore,

ID self portrait partially painted. Shadows painted in greenand lips and nipple painted red. Mango, my black cat, has been painted. I am viewed from the side of the wound. My front arm is bent and resting on the top of my head, the other arm is bent up at the side and you can see my hand splayed across the side of my head facing . I have rounded my upper back slightly and because my arm is raised, you can see the large dressing running down the side of my boob, where my boob heads into my armpit. I still have the two hospital tags on my right arm. Mango, my cat has her back to the camera and is resting one paw on my leg.

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 13d

3. I dont know how much of this tiredness is due to the op and how much may be due to me withdrawing from hrt.

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Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 13d

2. Ive got a feeling that all will be ok. but obviously still worried as dont have proof either way until the tests are done!! I get the results on the 21st of October and what my treatment plan will be going forward. Im on day 9 after my surgery now and still very good at sleeping!

Barbara Hulme Fine Artist @barbarahulmeartist.bsky.social · 13d

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Ive been getting a tad anxious about what the test results will be for my sentinel nodes that they removed at my breast cancer surgery, as they will be biopsying them to see if they are cancerous or not, and if they are, I will be requiring a further operation and more nodes removing.