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
No Joy in Harrison
![AGorman-RedBullsBoxOffice AGorman-RedBullsBoxOffice](https://pandemiclens.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AGorman-RedBullsBoxOffice.jpeg)
On a recent photo excursion, I took some shots at an eerily empty professional soccer stadium, the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, home to the New York Red...
Looking Up
![C. J. Lori_Evening Song_12x12_2020_sm C. J. Lori_Evening Song_12x12_2020_sm](https://pandemiclens.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/C.-J.-Lori_Evening-Song_12x12_2020_sm-1024x1024.jpg)
It was July 31 and the highlight of our day, the evening walk. We serendipitously stumbled upon a live chamber music concert by the troupe Mistral in a local park....
Helmet + Mask = The New Headgear
![Motorcvclist-Indian DSCF6037-Recovered Motorcvclist-Indian DSCF6037-Recovered](https://pandemiclens.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Motorcvclist-Indian-DSCF6037-Recovered-1024x789.jpg)
By now it’s pretty commonplace around Cambridge, Mass., to see people wearing protective headgear and masks on bicycles, scooters, mopeds, and even motorcycles. I’m grateful for their effort and commitment...
Shipwreck
![THLee_Shipwreck_oil_16x16x1.5_WEB copy THLee_Shipwreck_oil_16x16x1.5_WEB copy](https://pandemiclens.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/THLee_Shipwreck_oil_16x16x1.5_WEB-copy-1024x1024.jpg)
A few weeks after lockdown started I made arrangements to vacation on Plum Island on Cape Ann in Massachusetts for two weeks. It was March; surely by July the lockdown...
Working through Confusion
![Agustsson_Pandemic_fiber_39x53_2020 Agustsson_Pandemic_fiber_39x53_2020](https://pandemiclens.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Agustsson_Pandemic_fiber_39x53_2020-1024x781.jpg)
In March when all was confusion and uncertainty I began hand stitching small six-inch pieces. Stitching by hand is rhythmic, like breathing. The pieces reflected my thoughts and experiences in...
Isolation Blues
![Shapter-Isolation Blues Shapter-Isolation Blues](https://pandemiclens.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Shapter-Isolation-Blues.jpg)
Isolation Blues: keyboard, conch, homemade single-string guitar, Roli Lightpad, rattles. Performed by Headzic, aka John Shapter Headzic · Isolation Blues I am a musician and a performer. When the lockdown...
Mystery Wins
![SBennett-MaskedWoman-2DSCF1542 SBennett-MaskedWoman-2DSCF1542](https://pandemiclens.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SBennett-MaskedWoman-2DSCF1542-1024x1024.jpg)
I use Instagram as a rough barometer to show me which of my images of the pandemic appeal the most. Masked faces are the most popular in my feed, but...
The Final Touch
![JWU-2020 JWU-2020](https://pandemiclens.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/JWU-2020-1024x768.jpg)
My models for this painting are from a photo I took in the neighborhood, pre-COVID-19. They had been serene and self-assured, moving with certainty, in my unfinished painting from a...