Saturn Devouring His Sub

Charcoal on canvas

“Almost overnight, COVID-19 changed the way people interact with each other, and with our own bodies. We lived our lives in vulnerability during that historically significant time of disaster. The initial phases of the pandemic are behind us, but the virus remains dangerous. The societal trauma this pandemic has caused will be remembered and felt by those who have lived through it for the foreseeable future. 

In the past, master painters would depict historically significant disasters they had experienced as a way to cope. Artists of the 19th century depicted hardships and trauma in the wake of the Industrial Revolution which began the formation of our modern world. As an artist learning the techniques of masters, I have the opportunity to create long-lasting visual information that depicts the trauma of this pandemic. 

Therefore, I have created a series of drawings that represent my experiences in modern COVID life by drawing inspiration from past masterpieces that depict the embodied experience of trauma.”