QUARANTINE SERIES INSTALLATION
This series of mixed media work was created while in isolation due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Just weeks before the quarantine, my precious apartment had a mouse problem, and because I am deathly afraid of these critters, I convinced my reluctant partner to let me stay with him in his one-bedroom apartment. We were in the midst of already roughing it together when COVID-19 became a real thing and quarantine was required. My county in Pennsylvania had the first case of outbreaks, so we began isolation in early March. Because my art supplies were in my former apartment, I decided to dig around my his place to see what I could find, since I had a hankering to create and was feeling restless, anxious, and sad. Art has always been a healing tool for me during times of darkness. I found a small piece of cardboard, a Sports Illustrated magazine, some scissors and tape, and a few stray markers and colored pencils buried on my partner’s desk. From these materials, I attempted to create small works in my natural mixed media, abstract style. Although I could go to my own apartment at any time to obtain my plethora of art materials, I found the challenge of working with constrained materials was clearly reflecting the emotional and physical constraints I was enduring, and this “making something out of nothing” inspired energy, easily emerged within the pieces themselves. This decision spawned a deep inspiration to stretch myself creatively. Each final piece is perched on a hand-made aluminum foil "shelf," fastened to the wall with scotch tape.
This series of mixed media work was created while in isolation due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Just weeks before the quarantine, my precious apartment had a mouse problem, and because I am deathly afraid of these critters, I convinced my reluctant partner to let me stay with him in his one-bedroom apartment. We were in the midst of already roughing it together when COVID-19 became a real thing and quarantine was required. My county in Pennsylvania had the first case of outbreaks, so we began isolation in early March. Because my art supplies were in my former apartment, I decided to dig around my his place to see what I could find, since I had a hankering to create and was feeling restless, anxious, and sad. Art has always been a healing tool for me during times of darkness. I found a small piece of cardboard, a Sports Illustrated magazine, some scissors and tape, and a few stray markers and colored pencils buried on my partner’s desk. From these materials, I attempted to create small works in my natural mixed media, abstract style. Although I could go to my own apartment at any time to obtain my plethora of art materials, I found the challenge of working with constrained materials was clearly reflecting the emotional and physical constraints I was enduring, and this “making something out of nothing” inspired energy, easily emerged within the pieces themselves. This decision spawned a deep inspiration to stretch myself creatively. Each final piece is perched on a hand-made aluminum foil "shelf," fastened to the wall with scotch tape.
