Lymphoma Series

The idea behind art as a healing force came to me only after a brush with death and cancer. I find art can be a way of solving problems and understanding difficult issues or events in one’s life.

This series portrays my body throughout treatment, images I had seen or dreamed, and my doctors. I have shared my paintings and my experiences all over the USA. I am the author of “Myself Resolved: An Artist Confronts Cancer”, a book in which I relate my experience with lymphoma. I also have a video, “Healing through Art”, based on my presentations. I have spoken to patients, survivors, health professionals, and many whose lives have been touched by cancer.

* Click to enlarge image, then use arrows to scroll the gallery

Here are some sites you may find interesting and informative.

American Cancer Society - Survivor interview with Darcy Lynn.

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship – National advocacy organization.

Myself Resolved: An Artist Confronts Cancer – Univ. Penn  Online Books.

Lymphomation’s Art Gallery – Features Darcy Lynn’s work ”Pieta/Start of the Climb”.

symbolizes hope and the gift of life.  It is derived from my paintings Seals I and Seals II, in the “Lymphoma Series.” I saw this image while on oxygen in the Intensive Care Unit, after life-saving surgery from a liquid tumor, which nearly drowned me.