Community 8 Painting

The Community series was created in response to the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic. The dramatic change to our lives had been a shock, and there had been moments of deep grief for how much we’d lost, of anxiety for the future, for our health and that of loved ones. One of the things that had been of enormous comfort, however, was the observation of people’s response to the crisis. Neighbours reaching out to each other, friends sewing masks for their friends and neighbours, neighbours setting up collection points for food banks. Colleagues reaching out to each other with recommendations on home science experiments for their children. The awkward smiling dance between strangers on the street as we all tried to respect social distances. I live in an urban environment and found myself expressing this community outreach as a series of connected, supported house-like shapes.