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Now they face an incurable cancer diagnosis Amanda Hooton May 28, 2026 — 11:00am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Share A A A Artists Chanelle Collier, 42, and Joe Wilson, 45, met in 2006, joined their art practice in 2018, and married in 2023.

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Chanelle and Joe share a life, marriage, art. Now they face an incurable cancer diagnosis Open accessibility guide Skip to sections navigation Skip to content Skip to footer Log in Our network Log in Expand navigation menu Search The Sydney Morning Herald logo The Sydney Morning Herald logo Advertisement National Good Weekend Chanelle and Joe share a life, marriage, art. Now they face an incurable cancer diagnosis Amanda Hooton May 28, 2026 — 11:00am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Share A A A Artists Chanelle Collier, 42, and Joe Wilson, 45, met in 2006, joined their art practice in 2018, and married in 2023. Earlier that year, Chanelle had been diagnosed with a rare and incurable cancer. Chanelle : I was walking down Crown Street [in inner Sydney] when this lanky guy in a beanie came up behind me and said, “Hi, I’m Joe.” It was before internet dating, so it was less creepy, but I was still slightly freaked out … although he was really cute. He walked me 30 metres to the pub, then said goodbye. Half an hour later, he suddenly reappeared and asked me to a street party that was happening in a tiny laneway – then he didn’t talk to me the whole time! But just before he left, he got my number. I wasn’t looking for a boyfriend, but he was so kind, so considerate – it felt so easy. Really, we’ve done everything together ever since we met. As artists, consolidating our practice does mean we don’t have our own agency; every decision has to be negotiated and, of course, we argue. But it’s wonderful because all the things you want to do, you’re doing together. I was diagnosed [with a rare subtype of lung cancer not caused by smoking] without symptoms. I remember my doctor sitting there telling us that, without treatment, it’s six months. The targeted therapy I’m on is, for now, working incredibly well, and I’ve found great support from patient and carer-led organisation ALK Positive Australia , which directly funds research. The average life expectancy has improved from five years to about seven, but it remains incurable – and for someone diagnosed in their 30s, it’s shitty. Advertisement In a strange way, it feels worse for Joe than for me because there’s this very large anticipatory grief. We’ve been inseparable all these years and now it’s like he knows it’s coming – this future point when I won’t be here. He lives intensely in the present, so I’m not sure, really, how he’s processing that. I think, in the past, we’ve probably both been much more confident to just blurt everything out, but now we’re more careful how we express ourselves because we’re both holding a lot. Just because I want to share something with him doesn’t mean he can take it; it doesn’t mean it’s good for him. And I think he’s the same. ‘Things feel heavy. But also, every single experience is intensified – brighter and richer.’ Chanelle Collier One thing that’s affected us both is this feeling of everything bein

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