Tag Archives: Eliette Markhbein

Capturing recovery from trauma on canvas

January 23, 2017

Eliette Markhbein New York, United States   Her biography I came to painting as a result of trauma. A journalist covering arts and culture for European and American magazines for 25 years, I suffered a traumatic brain and spine injury in 2004, the consequence of being struck by a speeding car. I picked up brushes […]

A Journal of Rehabilitation

January 23, 2017

Eliette Markhbein New York, New York, USA Poet and artist’s statement: I started to write poetry a year after a traumatic brain injury and damage to my spine, the result of being struck by a speeding car. It stemmed from the necessity to escape pain and mental chaos as well as the physical and emotional […]