LIFEBOX - Covid19 art
Lifebox April 16 2020, Quarantine day 25: Creativity takes a turn when silence comes into play. My life is very much a hussle-bustle, what with a regular job and then art everything: my paintings, photography, exhibits, projects with schools and communities, giving and taking workshops, and managing a local gallery. Sometimes in the wake of the insane amount of action I become the function of myself instead of myself. A return to silence has made me remember the effect of time, and the stillness of time that only happens when I create. The isolation of quarantine has made me want to put these creations in the light that only social media can make shine. My first instinct was to photograph myself. I researched some interesting portrait photographers, liking Sally Mann the most, but not inspired to do what any of thrm had done. Then the urge struck me to document myself THROUGH my landscape, my surroundings, my castle, my prison. As with all my work...
