But drawing the brightly-colored Armenian letters, and becoming obsessed with incorporating peacocks into the initials, became an escape for the 63-year-old. The detailed nature of the work made ...

Letter 'T' from 'Initials of Zeghere van Male' by Kajetan Obarski, photo: courtesy of the artist The Songbook of Zeghere van Male is a manuscript from Bruges, containing local and international songs ...

Before the disease made her muscles decline, though, she became obsessed with drawing ornate Armenian initials, illustrated letters that have their roots in medieval Armenia.