I painted this in response to the pandemic/at the height of the pandemic—when the death rate was high, and it looked like the whole world that we knew prior was shrinking away and may be replaced by this new horizon.
Watercolor
2025 National Hospitalist Day HM Voices Contest Submission

Dr. Chan
Dr. Chan is a hospitalist at Providence Medical Associates in Torrance, Calif. She currently serves as the department chair of family medicine for Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance Hospital. She also has a studio at Destination Art in Torrance, where she has been a studio artist since 2024. Dr. Chan enjoys working in a variety of mediums—oil, acrylic, mixed media, pastel, watercolor, and photography. Currently, she is into intuitive and abstract expressionism. She feels art is essential to her—as essential as breathing. She believes in “life is short, make art!”