Artist's images, musings, and observations
about life in the time of corona
Artist's images, musings, and observations about life in the time of corona
Omicron Edition 2022
We’re Back!
![SBennett-Spindler-We're Back SBennett-Spindler-We're Back](https://pandemiclens.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/SBennett-Spindler-Were-Back-1024x768.jpg)
As I walk around North Cambridge, MA for exercise and photo opportunities, I pay close attention to the storefronts and restaurants. Some are hanging in. Others have said their goodbyes...
Our Face of Ours is Revealed in the New Year
![300px-Okumura, Jennifer Jean 'Knots of the mind, démasquer' oils 60x48 inches- 300px-Okumura, Jennifer Jean 'Knots of the mind, démasquer' oils 60x48 inches-](https://pandemiclens.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/300px-Okumura-Jennifer-Jean-Knots-of-the-mind-démasquer-oils-60x48-inches-.jpg)
Art and its ability to elevate people inspire me and how I perceived 2020 felt like every day for creatives. On some level, art is life—telling a story or simply...
Finding Meaning in Feathers
![Safety in numbers, no more Safety in numbers, no more](https://pandemiclens.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Safety-in-numbers-no-more-768x1024.jpg)
We can only speculate and wonder what the parrot-like petroglyphs in the North American Southwest, dated 5000 BC, or the ibis in Egyptian art, from 2000 BC, symbolized to their...
A Prayer in the Time of the Pandemic
![KaseyKaufman-Socially-distanced-IMG_0246 KaseyKaufman-Socially-distanced-IMG_0246](https://pandemiclens.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/KaseyKaufman-Socially-distanced-IMG_0246-1-1024x998.jpg)
During Covid, it's been challenging, at times, for me to make art, to quiet my thoughts and stop doom-scrolling on Twitter. The practice of daily painting has helped. But what...
The Stilling of Life
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In March of 2020, as the reality of the pandemic was sinking in, I realized that the focus of my photography would have to change. I like to do street...
Falling into Winter
![C. J. Lori_Autumn Passing_oil on canvas_22x28_2020_sm C. J. Lori_Autumn Passing_oil on canvas_22x28_2020_sm](https://pandemiclens.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/C.-J.-Lori_Autumn-Passing_oil-on-canvas_22x28_2020_sm-1024x802.jpg)
For many weeks, it was a glorious fall in Greater Boston. Knowing this time was fleeting, I tried to capture it in this painting. The leaves were changing color and...
Monday “Masks of Boston” 2021 #4
![K.Taylor_Mayor_Curtatone_0926 K.Taylor_Mayor_Curtatone_0926](https://pandemiclens.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/K.Taylor_Mayor_Curtatone_0926-683x1024.jpg)
Who do you wear a mask for? (Ed. Note: Every Monday, The Pandemic Lens publishes an image from Katherine Taylor’s “Masks of Boston” project. To date, Kathryn has photographed nearly...
Hope Stayed in the Box
![Loel_Kathmann_Pandora2-1K Loel_Kathmann_Pandora2-1K](https://pandemiclens.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Loel_Kathmann_Pandora2-1K.jpg)
My paintings are my diary. And my diary is part therapy, part meditation, part practice in gratitude. Far less Pollyanna and far more survivalist, this brand of gratitude is simply...