Lauren Latané-Valis, “Today is a good day”, 2020,10 mini Polaroids, Polaroid film casing, acrylic, 3.5in x 2in.
Lauren Latané-Valis, “Today is a good day”, 2020,10 mini Polaroids, Polaroid film casing, acrylic, 3.5in x 2in.
Jeff Sharp, “Zoom Isolation”, 2020, Mixed Media (Gocco print on vellum, plastic figure and frame, glass, enamel, metal toggle switch, LEDs), 7in x 5in (with switch) x 1.5in.
This piece represents the experience of connecting with someone during Stay at Home Orders via Zoom. Unable to truly see the whole person or connect in the same way that you can face to face, only a glimpse, often without detail due to bad lighting. They (as well as you) are trapped, confined within a rectangular digital screen.
Thomas Sterner, “Stay at Home”, 2020, painted plywood, 5in x 5in x 6in five nesting houses.
We shelter in place, and our space becomes a cocoon where we holed up until we must venture out.
Jim Roberts, “covid interruptus (love in a pandemic) “, 2020, mixed media (found objects, wire, beeswax on gessoed panels), 5in x 5in x 4.5in & 5in x 5in x 4.5in & 5in x 5in x 4in.Mary Beth Francis, “A room “, 2020, pen and watercolor artwork, 5in x 7in.
Lauren Latané-Valis, “Social Distance Selfie”, 2020, acrylic, 5in x 7in.
Mary Beth Francis, “Stranded Thoughts”, 2020, acrylic paint on canvas, 5in x 7in.
Isolation provides the opportunity for thoughts to reiterate themselves as variations of only few themes with limited tones. Hopefully brighter thought can get tangled in.
Lauren Latané-Valis, “Quarantined”, 2020, acrylic, 5in x 7in.
