One Canvas, Two Realities
When I created Pangean Dream earlier this year, my goal was to produce a surreal study of extreme contrasts. Like all of my composite artwork, Pangean Dream began with literal...
Where Safety Lives
When we first began sheltering in place, I stocked up on essentials. I focused on helping family members manage (especially my then 15-year-old daughter and my elderly mom). And then...
Pandemic House
On March 15, 2020, we learned that our studios would close because of COVID-19. We had one day to go in and collect what we needed, but for how long—no...
Nightwalk
During this extended time of COVID we find ways to quiet our mind, settle our heart, leave the day behind. Like snow falling in the woods, a gentle hiss as...
Methodological Irrationality
The role of science in the pandemic has been a good context for reflecting on and articulating my artistic practice. I believe abstract artists have a duty to develop aesthetic...
Into the Abyss and Back
This video was created four years before COVID-19 struck, as a multimedia arts project. Now that there's an end in sight, given the vaccine and a new administration, the video...
Survivor’s Guilt
Saturday night, March 14, 2020: My husband Jim coughed. Monday morning, March 16, 2020: I coughed. We got tested during the few days in Massachusetts between when Covid-19 testing opened...
Masks of Boston, Part 3
Who do you wear a mask for? ( Ed. Note: This is the third installment of a series of posts covering Katherine Taylor’s “Masks of Boston” project. The following images...