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Art Competition Gallery 2020

Welcome to Palliative Care Australia’s 2020 Art Competition gallery! PCA’s art competition aims to raise awareness in the community about palliative care, end-of-life care, death and bereavement. This year’s theme “Palliative Care… It’s more than you think!” aims to challenge common misconceptions about palliative care. Artists were encouraged to think beyond the care provided at the very end of life, and instead focus on how palliative care can improve quality of life, help people participate in activities that are important to them, and create opportunities for love, laughter, creativity, and fulfilment.

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Catch a Falling Star By Deborah Knoke Painting Read More

Artwork inspired by the song...Catch a falling Star by Perry Como Palliative care is more than you think - Catching a star (person) who’s star (being) is falling and fading, providing love, support, encouragement. Putting in a personal pocket that provides love, protection, support and safety for the person, never letting them fade away through love, support, assistance and later cherished forever memories... Deborah Knoke

Golden Heart By Thilini Drawing Read More

My artwork is not complex, a golden heart and two hands, one for who has a limited time on their life and getting the last golden opportunity to spend it with love and dignity and the other hand for the one who is taking care of that person, who must have a golden heart and full of love to take care of that person knowing he/she only has a borrowed time and allowing that person to spend it to the fullest. So for me, Palliative Care might be more than we think, yet it’s simple as that!

Connection To Country By Lisa Anne Caruana; ‘Gilinggilingba’ Painting Read More

Medium - Mixed media; acrylic on canvas and graphic design. I am a proud Aboriginal Woman, descendant of Latakia People from the Northern Territory. Our Connection to Country; the land and Our Totem’s is a spiritual connection and is extremely important for us. Reconnecting to our roots is very healing holistically for our people.

Upon the Wing of Heaven's Love By Jennifer Ann Campbell Painting Read More

I painted this to honour my father who passed away in July. He was a founder of Palliative Care in New Zealand. His gentle kind nature personified the values a good palliative care team should have. When COVID intervened and I couldn’t be physically present with him in his last days, knowing my father’s palliative care team was there gave me great comfort. One of my father’s last wishes was to sit by the sea and look out towards the horizon. And now I sit by the sea and look out towards the horizon, and think of him.

Tramonto By Ashreya Painting Read More

That evening at Port Trieste, Nostalgia filling my mind. Wishes, dreams, hope for the best life, Crumbled in hindsight, Agony overtook me in bountiful ways, Time was fleeting like clouds during the day, Blissfully ignorant of the world and its ways, Peace, harmony and salience in the glow of the rays, The warmth slowly takes it course, Behind the river, as the sun goes – Down as it rests in its glory, The magnificent hues complimenting each other’s beauty, The end of your time, ever so misread, When angels come and rest your head.

Morning Wetland By Helen Seymour Painting Read More

When you look at wetlands up close what you see is a rich and colourful array of plants in all stages of both growth and decay. I have tried to show this in my painting Morning Wetland, a scene from my daily walks. The painting represents the theme ...”it’s more than you think” showing that In all stages of life there is richness especially when there is opportunity and care for it to flourish.