This print has also been gifted as a memory print. Given to families and re-named after the special person who they have lost to caner or illness.

Mary Anne and her story

Mary Anne was JPs Mother. She was a wonderful giving woman who was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. 

One day as JP was caring for his mother, a tv ad came on for the Washington DC Cherry Blossoms that were approaching peak season. Mary Anne wept remembering visiting there with her husband (JP's Father) before he passed away. She expressed her will to be able to see them again but didn't have the strength to travel any longer. JP contacted his siblings who watched over Mary Anne while he drove to DC and over three days shot every different angle he could.

This image is beautiful but any one who has been there during peak season knows there are over a million visitors to witness the beauty making it impossible to get a great shot void of people in it. So this print was constructed from 7 images all shot from the same location at different times of day until he had every different area clean without a person in it. Over 30hrs of editing until the print was put back together with out the hundreds of tourist in it.   

He had 5 aluminum prints made for his Mother. Over a 45 minute period she was able to write "Love, Mom" on each one. A couple weeks before she passed JP had his wife and 4 siblings sit by Mom, passing out boxes with a print inside each of them.  Many tears were shed but all of us have this special print hanging in our homes as a wonderful reminder of her beauty, faith and courage.

One year after her passing, JP, his wife and siblings presented Loyola Cancer Center with a 3'x5' aluminum Mary Anne print for their lobby. Mary Anne always said it would be nice to have something beautiful to look at during all the down time getting chemo treatments.  

25% of every Mary Anne print sold is donated to pancreatic cancer research.