Synchronized swimmers floating in pools of azure blue and amber beeswax; a perfect spiral nautilus shell worn as a crown by a sea goddess; vast celadon fields teeming with Japanese poppies. These are the dreams of painter Jeni Stallings Scialabba. She’s an artist, creator, mother, wife and friend.

On December 17th, 2024, Jeni was diagnosed with triple-positive invasive ductal carcinoma and immediately began treatment. She is now focusing all her energy on surviving cancer.

As a full-time mom and artist, cancer has taken a toll on both her strength and her family’s resources. Artists often struggle even in the best of times, and breast cancer has made life, finances, and raising a teenage son immeasurably harder. Jeni is facing the most challenging year of her life. While she has done absolutely everything she can to help herself, she now needs our help.

Any donation would mean the world to Jeni and her loving family.

Let’s help get her through this—back to health, back to painting, and back to her beloved studio.

If you would like to see or purchase any of Jeni’s artwork, her paintings are available at Thomas Dean Fine Art, 690 Miami Circle NE, Suite 905, Atlanta, GA 30324.

I’ll be posting weekly updates—follow along as we celebrate the day she becomes cancer-free!

Thank you, from the bottom of her best friend’s heart.