The purpose of this study was to conduct Masterpiece Appreciate Art Therapy to adult cancer patients
receiving chemotherapy and understand their preferences and tendencies. The study also attempted to
observe how the patients’ psychological characteristics have reflected on their masterpiece selections. 50
adult cancer patients at ‘Y’ hospital received 4 art therapy sessions. Each session wad divided into
‘landscape’, ‘portrait’, ‘color’, and ‘religion’, where participants were given a collection of paintings based
on the theme, and the participants were instructed to chose a painting to view. The preference analysis
showed that the participants preferred paintings with low color contrast, curvy and stable composition.
Furthermore, the participants reported feeling ‘comfort’, ‘stability’, ‘warmth’, ‘love’, and ‘happiness’.
Based on the results, it is revealed that cancer patients tend to choose paintings with stable composition
due to desire for stability stemming from the amplification of uncertainty and psychological chaos cancer
patients experience upon diagnosis. Implication, limitation, and directions for future studies were further
discussed.