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The late Jenniffer Albritton, 31, always had a gift for seeing beauty all around her. It wasn’t until she was stricken with cancer that she discovered a new gift: the ability to create mosaic art.

Five of Albritton’s mosaics—The Mirror, Fish, Mother Nature, Night Light and Inner Beauty—are displayed in the newly renovated Oncology Center at Western Baptist Hospital.

She and her husband, Chris, both were treated for cancer at the center.

“Before she passed, Jenniffer knew her art had been selected to hang at Western Baptist,” Chris said. “She hoped her work would inspire other patients going through trials similar to those she faced.”

Cecilia Marshall, Albritton’s friend, introduced her to mosaic art. Chris said his wife immediately connected with the creative medium and found it to be an outlet during her illness. She was pleased to know her work would be on view for others to enjoy in the center where she and he received treatment from a caring staff, he said.

“Jenniffer was a positive person,” Chris said. “No matter what trials she faced in her own life, her spirits were always high. She always encouraged people never to give up and to look for the beauty in everything around them.”