Val Kilmer’s Art Therapy Goes Next Level As He Convinces Fellow Painter To Reveal Secret Works After His Cancer Battle

In a recent Instagram post, Kilmer talked about a painter-friend whose work he admires, and said that he convinced his friend to show with some of his work that he otherwise would have kept to himself, “It's all here! I've somehow convinced @hrnjakart to reveal a new body of work. He's been meticulously creating a series of mid-century modern paintings secretly in his studio. Wonderfully familiar, hypnotizing and nuanced,” he wrote.

“So complex with endless layers, yet he makes it seem effortless. They're like poems for the eyes. Damn him! I love them all so much. Be sure to come by @helmelstudios on Friday and be enchanted.

 

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It's all here! I've somehow convinced @hrnjakart to reveal a new body of work. He's been meticulously creating a series of mid-century modern paintings secretly in his studio. Wonderfully familiar, hypnotizing and nuanced. So complex with endless layers, yet he makes it seem effortless. They're like poems for the eyes. Damn him! I love them all so much. Be sure to come by @helmelstudios on Friday and be enchanted.

A post shared by Val Kilmer (@valkilmerofficial) on Oct 16, 2019 at 9:00am PDT

His followers totally agreed about the beauty of the paintings, “They are breathtaking I’ve gotta see this.”

And encouraged him to keep posting about the art he encounters, “I love seeing your posts and all the things you've got going on, Val, keep up your good work and keep surrounding yourself with art, yours and other artists.”

Information about art during cancer recovery

SurvivorNet has spoken with a lot of people who have said that art has been a really important part of their recovery from cancer — making it, viewing it, and sharing it. Marianne Cuozzo is one of those survivors — she’s been through a lot, she can laugh at herself a bit, and she always turns to art during the most difficult times.

As a three-time cancer survivor, she says it might be accurate to say that cancer has been her whole life. However, as a mother and an artist, she has turned her life into a lot more than her diagnosis.

Marianne was first diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 1994 at age 28. In 1997 she had a recurrence, and in 2014 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent a double mastectomy and immediate reconstructionbut after years of infections, she decided to have the implants removed and “go flat.”

“I’m doing the best I can to feel beautiful in this new body, ” she says. Cuozzo has always found comfort expressing herself through art. Her work reflects a deeply personal evolution of body image and sexuality.

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