{"id":7975,"date":"2021-01-29T11:18:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T16:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/?page_id=7975"},"modified":"2022-09-30T16:05:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T20:05:15","slug":"art-of-dr-shaffer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/education\/extracurricular\/art-in-the-department\/art-of-dr-shaffer\/","title":{"rendered":"Art of Dr Shaffer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kitt Shaffer, MD, PhD
Professor of Radiology,
Associate-Vice Chair of Education,
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Special Interests: Breast Imaging, Thoracic Imaging, Medical Education, Oncologic Imaging, Anatomy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kitt Shaffer, MD PhD FACR<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Asst\u00a0Vice-Chair for Education in Radiology, BMC<\/div>\n

My interest in art began in junior high school, when I took painting and jewelry making, winning a trip to Chicago for a portrait I did for a local art fair. But I never considered art as a career, since I already knew I wanted to go to medical school. In college at Kansas State, I was a pre-med, but managed to take all of the art classes I could fit in, mostly drawing (especially figure drawing), painting and sculpture. After I entered residency, I signed up for a pottery class with a friend at the Cambridge Adult Ed center, and fell in love with that, although I continued to paint and for many years, had a studio at Joy Street in Somerville, as well as a painting studio in the tiny town of Monterosso, Calabria, where we would go for a month every spring. I cannot do pottery at the moment due to the need for social distancing, we are no longer able to travel to Italy,\u00a0and I had to let my Somerville studio space go, but I am hoping to be able to set up a new studio in Westport, Massachusetts, where I am spending more time now. Most of the paintings I have shared are recent work done in Westport or Italy, the drawings are from my annual teaching trips to St George’s University in\u00a0Grenada,\u00a0and the figurative sculpture\u00a0is from several years ago done\u00a0at the Harvard Ceramics\u00a0studio. If you would like to see more of my art, I do have a website at www.shafferarts.com<\/p>\n

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A Walk on the Beach
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Beached Boats Grenada
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Capistrano, Italia
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Cows and Crows, Kansas
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Dawn, Morning, Noon, Dusk Light Calabria
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Dragon Doorway
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Egrets in Llight
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Empty Chairs
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Horseneck Beach Late Afternoon
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Last Light Buzzards Bay
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Monterosso Calabria
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New House on Horseneck Beach
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Palmetto
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Reclining Figure
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Winter Meadow in Westport
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