Test and Trace

This piece was produced for the Golden Thread Sketchbook Project. It was a collective of artists from around the world creating art through lockdown, connected by a golden thread. See the project on Instagram: @goldenthreadsketchbook, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoldenThreadSketchbook or visit our website!

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Test and Trace is, essentially, a graph: Covid-19 cases plotted against mental state. Order trying to form from chaos, set to the music of Vaughan Williams.

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As an abstract painting, I have my own reasons for it all and there are hidden meanings to be unravelled, or even invented, by the viewer. 

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The circular cycles of the lives of people produce ripples of cause and effect, shaping how events move forward. Lockdown has seen us framed and trapped: looking through our windows to the outside, or peeking into others’ lives via our computer screens. Meanwhile, the lark attempts to ascend…