Distancing

“Social distancing” obviously reachs beyond our physicality and into our psyches. 2020 had me distancing myself from anything that felt dangerous — overwhelming emotions, toxic communities, strangers also walking their dogs — while finding solace and losing myself in a fog. From afar we all grappled with loss and anxiety, and each day feels both monotonous and unendingly nebulous. The paintings are a series on paper that I consider self-portraits.