Art is about change because it expresses the world in which we live, our reactions to that world, and our emotional response to that world. As a contemporary artist I tell the art lovers I meet at the showings that I think artists need to be relevant to our own time period. It’s all lovely to paint like Vincent, but that would be contrived and lacking in the authenticity that should define art. We are in a period of great change with this horrible pandemic sweeping the world, and I find myself looking for the change which will be inspired by the events of these days and weeks. We will none of this be untouched by this. On a day to day level, with my income gone in an instant I’m trying to make my online presence more robust and praying that my collectors will continue to connect with my work. On a deeper level, I’m grappling with how to express all this craziness visually. We will none of us be unchanged by this.
At any rate, here is a pic of my dogs hanging out in my tiny home studio. They are loving having me home.
