Celebrating Beauty in Science and Nature
Meenakshi Malhotra, Colin Bradley and Laura O' Neill
Meenakshi Malhotra is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Pharmacy, UCC. She started painting as a hobby during her PhD and now has a professional website (www.akshiarts.com).
Colin Bradley is Professor of General Practice in UCC and, in addition to his teaching and research work in the medical school, he practices as a GP in Cobh. He first took up a camera when he joined the Photography Society in his secondary school in Northern Ireland. His involvement in photography as a hobby lapsed until about a decade ago when he acquired his first digital SLR (single lens reflex) camera. Since then he has developed an interest in and, hopefully, some aptitude as a photographer. He has exhibited twice before in the Jennings Gallery as well as in Cork Airport as part of Culture night 2012 and 2013 as a member of the Carrigaline Photographic Society.
Laura O'Neill is a third year General Nursing student. Her drawing 'Hands' is based on the last moments between an elderly couple
Nurture
Meenakshi Malhotra
This painting shows a mother holding her baby. The mother gathers the joy of living by nurturing her own child. In a deeper sense, it signifies nurturing one’s own talents/gift/ability to the best.
Wish
This painting shows a girl who is in her beautiful world surrounded by stars, flowers and sea. She silently wishes for her destiny star and thus the star-fish in her hands, signifying the destiny she receives from the Lord.
With this Ring
Colin Bradley
This was taken a civil partnership ceremony of two men last September. One of the men is disabled and only has one arm so his partner is holding his own hand to enable him to place a ring on his other hand. The presence of only male hands in this quintessential moment of the conventional marriage ceremony is a sign, one hopes, of growing acceptance of the rights of LGBT people in our society.
Joy This image captures the sheer exuberance that perhaps only children can fully express.
Hands
Laura O' Neill
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