The drawing, Mother and Daughter, was created following a discussion with two friends: Joanne MacDonald, an events coordinator, and Rochelle Greenberg, a mother, grandmother, and cancer survivor. Rochelle and her husband David are the founders of An Evening with Abigail.

In a search for a symbolic art piece that would enhance the An Evening with Abigail event, we talked of the generational impact of cancer on families. Suddenly, this cold fact became an image and a raison d'être for solidarity in the fight against cancer. Breast cancer is a generational disease. It affects grandmothers and mothers, their daughters, and eventually their grand-daughters. As much as finding a cure for cancer may be personal, it is even more so a generational affliction -- an attack on those we hold most dear.

Bernard Poulin
Ateliers Bernard Poulin Studios
March, 2005

This original artwork will be available for auction on the evening of the event.

About the artist
Though portraiture has always been his first love, Bernard Poulin is also well recognized for luminous landscapes and elegant still-life compositions emanating from his expeditions to Italy, France, and Israel. His work graces the walls of many private and corporate collections from the United States to Australia, from Beijing to London, and from Canada to Bermuda. Poulin has rendered official portraits of royalty, the clergy, and the judiciary, and key academic as well as corporate and political figures.