The last time I poked my toe in the water here, the world was a very different place. The Covid pandemic has had me (and the rest of the world) working from home for about three months now. If there has been a single good thing to come out of so many people not going to work, it would be the ongoing support and continued pressure applied by protesters at Black Lives Matter rallies across the world. There is such a dichotomy of hopeless and hopeful happening, depending upon the hour that you check your news feed.
The only thing I can report personally is that progress on Hejira is continuing. I set myself the arbitrary goal of one year to complete the canvas, which is a tall order since my other, much smaller canvases have taken longer. Halfway through the year and I think I am on track. At this writing, I have about five or six inches of watery background to complete and the rest of the water as well as the whale are sewn down to the canvas.
Plans are to create and sew down the majority of the coral reef and get the whale to the framer. After it comes back, I will complete the flipper.
Along with every other creative person out there in the world, my schedule of shows and a potential artist residency have been cancelled. 2020? Not a fan…