For many our global emergency is the worst waking nightmare in history. Bleak times seem endless, as the past seven months have demonstrated. At the beginning of the pandemic no one could envision the end. Nor can we envision it now.
Nonetheless, life continues and so must we. Persisting, living as full a life as possible, contributing what we can, working, is what we must do. Alas the victims and alas their families and friends. We still must go on.
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| "Physician Assistant" |
This is another group of faces of the pandemic. The first is a physician assistant who works with covid-19 patients, done from a freeze-frame of a news interview. As his eyes filled with tears he said he felt that he had failed all of them who died. Although he has yet to contract the virus, the psychologic toll is clear, in his eyes. Capturing that haunted look was the goal of this particular drawing.
The woman in this drawing is an Intensive Care Nurse who works with covid-19 patients daily. She's wearing full protective gear including a face mask and face shield. I did this particular drawing out of fascination with the transparent shield and how to depict it. The juxtaposition of rectilinear with rounded shaped--both live and mechanical was intriguing too.
The final of this group is another nurse, this time in only moderately protective equipment--face mask and face shield. This particular image echoes profile portraits like those of the Renaissance, so the background is similar to those drawings in charcoal and chalk.
The pandemic rages on. We endure.
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