During the pandemic, our collective lives shifted to a quieter pace. When everyone suddenly had to start working from home, we decided to put my studio out of the house, and set up an office. At that time I signed myself up for a tiny little studio in another part of Utrecht and started trying to process the reality of our new lives. The themes are everything, and largely uncomfortable topics: Wildfires, Corona, & Political divisions. I had originally set out to do one for each month of 2020, but that fell into the soup before the year was out. I sort of lost track of time and did them out of order, but really, who cares? Dates are such arbitrary markers of the passage of time. Although, if you look for it in the titles, you'll find the original idea. Here in photos, may I present to you: The 2020 headlines series.
[2021, mixed media on wood panel 59x114 cm] Australian wildfires December 2019
[2021, mixed media on wood panel in frame 88x60 cm] Brexit January 31, 2020
[2021, mixed media on glass window with wood pane 30x79 cm] Pleasure cruise ship in quarantine off the coast of Taiwan February 2020
[2021, acrylic on framed wood panel 57x47 cm] Spring Break GPS tracks spread of corona outbreak March 2020
[2021, mixed media on wood panel 42x61 cm] Military-style reaction to Portland BLM protesters May 2020
[2021, acrylic on wood panel 59x114 cm] Portuguese wildfire: warmest month on record September 2020
[2022, acrylic on wood panel 90x120 cm] Empty streets of Utrecht, various pandemic lockdowns March - December 2020
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