This series explores the lived experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. Personal and often difficult visual conversations about immeasurable loss became central to my studio practice. The loss of closeness in relationships, the loss of autonomy brought about by isolation and masking, and the profound emptiness surrounding illness and death all felt essential to acknowledge and record through these works.
The drawings developed from studies that balanced these darker realities with moments of hope. Each composition seeks to recognize resilience while confronting the emotional and psychological weight of the pandemic. Together, the works stand as a testament to the physical and emotional barriers, shared uncertainty, and collective experiences that connected countless people throughout the course of the COVID-19 crisis.
One final work remains to be completed, bringing the series to its conclusion.
This series about the covid pandemic is a personal one. Difficult visual conversations about immeasurable losses in closeness of relationships; of autonomy due to isolation and masking; and of emptiness in experiencing death needed to be addressed in my work. Each one gives some measure of hope while contemplating these darker aspects. I feel they are a testimony of the physical and emotional barriers, as well as the universal confusion connecting the experiences of many people over the last 3 years.