THE SANCTITY OF LIFE CANCER SURVIVOR CALLS SOLO EXHIBITION OF WORK A PERSONAL CELEBRATION.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - Local artist and one-year cancer survivor Marcia Stevenson Abbate is featured in a solo art exhibition titled ``Sanctity of Life'' through Jan. 7 at the Cedar cedar, common name for a number of trees, mostly coniferous evergreens. The true cedars belong to the small genus Cedrus of the family Pinaceae (pine family). Centre Art Gallery. Abbate calls the exhibition a personal celebration of the preciousness of life and her renewed ability to continue expressing it through her art. It also is an opportunity to share her conviction with others, she said. ``About a year before my diagnosis of cancer I had already named my collection of work `Sanctity of Life' to describe my motivation for drawing and painting what I did,'' she said. ``I think the thing that has changed for me is the urgency I feel to express this sentiment and share my passion for life with others.'' An art major in college, Abbate took early retirement three years ago from her career as a school speech and language pathologist. She intended to get back into painting and drawing, but that time was cut a year ago when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. During surgery a nerve was severed sev·er v. sev·ered, sev·er·ing, sev·ers v.tr. 1. To set or keep apart; divide or separate. 2. To cut off (a part) from a whole. 3. under her arm, limiting her ability to hold her arm out in front of her. Extensive physical therapy helped other muscles to compensate for the atrophied at·ro·phied adj. Characterized by atrophy. ones, allowing her to resume her art. Galley galley, long, narrow vessel widely used in ancient and medieval times, propelled principally by oars but also fitted with sails. The earliest type was sometimes 150 ft (46 m) long with 50 oars. hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday at the gallery, 44857 Cedar Ave. Admission is free. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Local artist Marcia Stevenson Abbate and her oil paintings ``Leap!'' on left, and ``Sun Follower'' are part of her ``Sanctity of Life'' exhibition through Jan. 7 at the Cedar Centre Art Gallery. (2 -- color) ``Kalimera, A Greek Good Morning'' is featured in Marcia Stevenson Abbate's exhibit. Abbate, a cancer survivor, says her work expresses a personal celebration of the preciousness of life. (3 -- color) The oil painting ``Primal pri·mal adj. 1. Being first in time; original. 2. Of first or central importance; primary. pri·mal  i·ty n. Cry'' is on
exhibit at the Lancaster gallery. Marcia Stevenson Abbate's art
career was interrupted in·ter·rupt v. in·ter·rupt·ed, in·ter·rupt·ing, in·ter·rupts v.tr. 1. To break the continuity or uniformity of: Rain interrupted our baseball game. 2. after nerve damage during breast cancer surgery affected her arm. (4 -- color) ``Gloria'' in chalk and pastel pastel (păstĕl`), artists' medium of chalk and pigment, tempered with weak gum water and usually molded in the form of sticks; also a work done in this medium. Pastel was in use in Italy in the 15th cent. and is doubtless much older. by Marcia Stevenson Abbate is on display at the gallery, which is open 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays at 44857 Cedar Ave. Admission is free. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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