Lock Down Work

How natural is breathing? What about touching your friends? Do you remember the smell of other people? I find it alarming that an illness not only attacks us by disabling such a primary bodily function as breathing deprives us all of our basic freedom. This is the true call to a change. Or to become extinct. The series of paintings I did during the lockdown due to the Covid 19 pandemic reflect my feelings about these strange times. Paintings are watercolour on Hayle Mill Hot Press vintage paper. Made at a mill shut down in 1987 - the year I was born; each blank sheet of paper is a piece of a fine craftsmanship by itself. I am playing with transparency, notion of movement (breathing)…