"isolation" painting series
This is a series of ink paintings completed during April 2020, during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
They are inspired by calligraphy, sumi-e (ink wash paintings), uncertainty, and fluidity. I used automatic pens, a paintbrush, and black sumi ink.
The theme was feelings of isolation arising from lockdown orders around the world. We were all being asked to the same thing (isolate ourselves from others to prevent infection), which should unite us, yet the very thing we are asked to do together drives us apart.
isolation I
The beginning of isolation.
isolation I
7 April 2020
Kuretake sumi ink, automatic pen
isolation II
Getting used to isolation.
isolation II
8 April 2020
Kuretake sumi ink, automatic pen
isolation III: Sea of Madness
Isolation becomes oppressive. Writhing in a sea of dots in the mind's eye. Trying not to fall off the edge into insanity.
isolation III: Sea of Madness
13 April 2020
Kuretake sumi ink, automatic pen, Micron pen
isolation IV
Making peace with isolation. Adapting to the flowing tension.
isolation IV
7 April 2020
Kuretake sumi ink, flat paintbrush
