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
More Corona Moments: Weekly Recap
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The last week has been pretty much the same non-normal=new normal equation, at least in my neck of the woods (Cambridge and Boston MA). I'm still finding the relatively empty...
Undercover in the Age of Droplets
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In ordinary times I create large paintings in an enormous studio in the South End of Boston. During the Covid-19 pandemic, however, I have been drawing, painting, collaging and photographing...
LA Orange Delight
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I took this picture in downtown LA between the second and third mile of my late afternoon walk. I saw this woman with bright orange hair as I turned the...
Viral Vision
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For those of us who like to plan ahead, the corona-world has been a brute. Since last February, when this super-flu mushroomed into a pandemic, the future has been hazy....
Escape to Marthas Vineyard
![Ferry to Marthas Vineyard Horizontal color photograph of people wearing face masks on the ferry to Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts.](https://pandemiclens.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/DSC1126-D-1024x684.jpeg)
Summer with hot sunny days, late sunsets and the harvest from the local farms is in full splendor. Social distancing is easier to do as people can spend more time...
Envisioning Our Isolation
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Since the beginning of the year, I have been making a series of paintings that explore plays of light and shadow in empty spaces. Although it was completely intuitive, and...
REIMAGED
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A chance encounter with a damaged art catalog precipitated a collage project that collided with the pandemic. Early in the year, I found an art catalog on the “free” cart...
Signs of the Times, Collages 4 and 5
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I think the most common printed words these days are :1 “No” 2 “Don’t” 3 “Must” and 4 “ Only.” Amazing how they words range from being taken as life-saving/pandemic-curbing...