Artist : Shelley Kerr
This artwork is dedicated to Thomas Flaig, MD, vice chancellor for research and professor of medical oncology. Shelley Kerr had such a powerful and positive experience at CU Anschutz that she decided to create a permanent tribute. She sculpted “To Live” and donated the piece to the university in honor of Flaig and the care teams who helped her a four-year period. In creating the sculpture, Kerr was inspired by Greek culture, as it was the foundation of modern medicine. The top portion of the piece represents three Greek letters – zeta, alpha and omega – which spell the verb “to live.”