Special to Prospector
Tina Basich-Haller is inspired by her daughter Addison s scoliosis diagnosis and said her daughter is so brave.
Photo by Jennifer Nobles
Tina Basich-Haller has been an artist all her life. When she wasn’t creating works of art she was touring the world as a professional snowboarder, earning many accolades for her sport and competing in such events as the X-Games. There was little that scared her.
However Basich-Haller met her greatest challenge three years ago when her then ten-year-old daughter Addison was diagnosed with scoliosis, a sideways curvature of the spine.
Basich-Haller used her daughter s original MRI image to create a powerful image. The strongest animal I could imagine was an elephant, so I made the elephant pushing on her spine. I did that piece as a visualization for her. And every night I’d say, Addy just imagine that elephant pushing it straight.