Our Ticket Out, Hopefully

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When I created this photo-based composite image, a pandemic of any sort was the last thing on my mind. The artwork was inspired by the tension between a marquee sign...

Covid Constrained Compositions 2: Bacilli

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Have you ever wondered whether you are truly protected from infectious diseases ranging from the common cold to more deadly threats like rabies or bird flu? When you travel, are...

Friday Night @ the Cadillac, Fresh Version

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So today I am sending myself and any listeners an optimistic expression of optimism as we're poised to enter a post vaccine pandemic phase. Can spring be  far away???  ...

Covid Constrained Composition1: Stasis

I had intended my artwork series: “C3 Series – Covid Constrained Composition” to be a geological reflection of the Cornish Jurassic coast in England, referencing Durdle Door, a natural limestone...

LA Pandemic Life, 2

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A year into the pandemic and  I'm still documenting street life in the diverse neighborhoods of Los Angeles. I'm interested in the mundane and the everyday as life goes on...

Isolation

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Isolation is a free-motion quilted piece, framed in knitting and executed during this long hard pandemic winter.  One part of a triptych, isolation is a study in how it feels...

Monday “Masks of Boston” 2021 #11

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Who do you wear a mask for? (Ed. Note: Each Monday, The Pandemic Lens publishes an image from Katherine Taylor’s “Masks of Boston” project. To date, Kathryn has photographed nearly...

Pandemic Traces

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These drawings were made during this past year of the COVID-19 pandemic, from March 2020 to March 2021. I think of myself as a landscape painter—I’ve been painting land/seascapes for...

Hope and Light

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As a Californian, I realize every day how even in these unprecedented times, there is so much natural beauty reminding me that there is hope and light.  There are people,...

Letting Go of Winter

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As some warmer days get sprinkled through March, I can’t help but think of Shakespeare’s opening line in Richard III, Now is the winter of our discontent.  Whether it is...