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# Artist creates portrait to thank nurse for care after cancer surgery
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/artist-creates-portrait-to-thank-nurse-for-care-after-cancer-surgery/
- Published: 2020-08-26T08:26:39.000Z
- Updated: 2020-08-26T08:27:21.000Z
- Description: An artist has thanked staff who cared for her during breast cancer surgery by painting a portrait of one of the nurses.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

An artist has thanked staff who cared for her during breast cancer surgery by painting a portrait of one of the nurses.

Spire Little Aston staff nurse Sue Corley received the gift from artist Angela Maloney.

![Sue Corley with her portrait](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sue-corle-with-portrait.jpg)

Sue Corley with her portrait

The portrait showcases Sue working during the coronavirus crisis.

Angela said she created the image from a photograph she had of the nurse.

![Angela Maloney with one of her paintings](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/angela-alongside-two-of-her-works.jpg)

Angela Maloney with one of her paintings

> “When I was told I had breast cancer and needed surgery I was obviously concerned that the COVID-19 crisis might delay my treatments.  
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> “However, I was sent to Spire Little Aston as they were working alongside the NHS from the start of the lockdown, and I have to say it could not have gone better.  
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> “I wanted to say thank you in my own special way.  
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> “I had already seen lots of NHS paintings that had been done by artists across the country during COVID-19, so I thought a portrait of one of the nurses who had been involved in my care would be very fitting.  
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> “I’m delighted with how it turned out – I hope Sue can look back on it in years to come and think ‘did we really go through such a time as that?’.  
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> “It was a strange time to be a patient but I’m sure it was even stranger being a nurse.”  
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> Angela Maloney

Sue, who has worked at Spire Little Aston for five years, said she was over the moon with the painting.

> “It is absolutely fantastic. It is certainly going to get pride of place in my home – alongside pictures of my grandchildren of course!   
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> “I am so glad she painted me wearing a mask as that, in a way, sort of sums up what we have been working through over the past few months.”  
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> Sue Corley