Breathe Better from the collection of Children's Hospital Colorado

Breathe Better

Medicine cap

Location: Storage

On average children take approximately 29,000 breaths a day. Imagine if each breath was a struggle! For many children breathing is not easy or effortless.

We chose the pinwheel as a representative of those simple moments that we often take for granted – the act of blowing breath. In the Breathing Institute, we are dedicated to the treatment of patients with conditions such as asthma, chronic cough, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, pulmonary hypertension and vascular disease, airway lesions, apnea and sleep-disordered breathing , interstitial lung disease, noisy breathing, exercise intolerance, chronic mechanical and on-invasive ventilation and post-transplant treatment in infants and children. We work closely with the patient and the family to provide life-long lung health.

A pinwheel is a symbol of childhood and can refer to a time when things were simple and natural. The pinwheel's bright colors convey optimism and vitality; in use it demonstrates the ready transformation from inertia (inactivity) to energy (vitality)1 – a perfect representation of our mission.

From Children's Hospital Colorado

Carol Till

Meadowlark AP

Collagraph print (Tetra Pak), watercolor

13 x 13 in (33.02 x 33.02 cm)
Unknown

Photography
Kathy Thaden

Open Minds, Open Hearts

20.5 x 14.5 in (52.07 x 36.83 cm)
Vickie Krudwig

Sixth Chakra Anja

Acrylic On Canvas

16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.8 cm)
Artist Spotlight: Eileen Roscina
Sally Evans

Lionesses

Watercolor

16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.8 cm)
Ernie Gallegos

Red Fields

Oil

31 x 14.5 in (78.74 x 36.83 cm)
Audrey Heller

What You Sow

20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

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Additional Artworks

Meadowlark AP

Unknown

Open Minds, Open Hearts

Sixth Chakra Anja

Artist Spotlight: Eileen Roscina

Lionesses

Red Fields

What You Sow