The PhD Thesis of Dr Hazel Mary Cope MAVA Hons. (First Class), R.N. Certified Midwife, Diploma in Tropical Disease Nursing, Cert. Cardio Thoracic Nursing, in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the Degree of Doctor of Visual Art, Queensland College of Art, Arts, Education and Law Griffith University, March 2016. A paper exploring interrelationships between fine art and nursing.