Angelina Jolie's Post-Mastectomy Topless Painting to Be Auctioned for Good Cause

Proceeds from the portrait sale will be donated
to a nonprofit organization to support
campaigns for peace in Congo.
In
the
wake
of
Angelina
Jolie 's
inspirational
story
about
her
double
mastectomy,
Swedish
artist
Johan
Andersson
known for an acclaimed posthumous portrait
of Amy Winehouse crafted an oil painting
featuring her topless post the surgery. The
portrait will go under the hammer and the
money will go to charity.
It is expected to fetch around $22,000.
ArtBelow, the gallery selling the painting, says
proceeds from the sale will be donated to
Falling Whistles to support campaigns for
peace in the Congo, "a cause which Angelina
Jolie herself is very passionate about."
Andersson says he could relate to Jolie's
experience because he too lost his mother to
cancer. "My mother had aggressive breast
cancer when I was 15," the artist says. "The
thought of her having to have a mastectomy
really scared me and she was fortunate enough
to have surgery without the mastectomy."
"The recent news about Angelina stirred an
anxiety within me leading me to paint this
portrait," he continues. "There is an underlying
awkwardness in her demeanor in juxtaposition
to the natural beauty of her face."