Artist Frances McGuire transformed the arduous experience of multiple knee surgeries into creative inspiration by sketching serious, and sometimes whimsical, images of the experience.
Now, the lively prints are on display at the Orthopedic Center and the surgery waiting room at Mount Sinai West, thanks to Michael J. Bronson, MD, Chair of Orthopedics at Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, who performed each of Ms. McGuire’s surgeries, and Evan L. Flatow, MD, President, Mount Sinai West.
Ms. McGuire created the sketches during a months-long recovery in which she was unable to paint in her studio. Each piece was crafted using a drawing app on her iPad. “It was extremely therapeutic,” Ms. McGuire says of making her sketches. “I loved the energy of doing them, and I love sharing them.”