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Wellness Gallery: 4th Quarter 2004

The Pastoral Care Department at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital cordially invites community members to showcase their artistic talent for its Wellness Gallery. The gallery "Keeping You Well. And Well Informed," embodies eight principles of healthy living. Each principle can be expressed through photographs, paintings, or drawings. This provides a beautiful opportunity to focus on positive aspects of life and preserve a sense of community. Individuals, schools, and organizations are encouraged to participate.

Roksolana Tymiak-Lonchyna, a dentist by profession and a long time resident of Hinsdale, took up photography as an outlet for her creativity. Hoping to master the use of her new camera, Roksolana enrolled at the College of Du Page. This year she earned her Associate of Applied Science degree in photography. Combining her love of travel with her interest in people, she began to capture fragments of the human condition on film.

Her travels to Ukraine over the past ten years included participation in numerous medical missions where she and other volunteers treated orphans and pregnant women. The orphans she visited became the subjects of her photography. As a photojournalist, Roksolana searches for stories that can effectively told in photos and that inform, educate and grasp the viewer. She has photographed the deaf and the blind people of Ukraine. She has been involved with Easter Seals, photographing the physically-challenged children this charity serves. Roksolana is also working on a project with the physically challenged of Ukraine.

Roksolana travels to where there are stories to be told. She enjoys photographic landscapes and nature as well. Her photos are available in color and black and white.

For more information, contact Roksolana at rtymiak@aol.com or (630) 654-3341.

Please visit the Wellness Gallery Archive for past artists' work.

All images are copyright the artist. Any reuse and redistribution of these images is strictly prohibited.