A Couple of Covid Paintings

During this era of Covid and Masks I have finished a number of paintings, some of which are thematically related to the anomalous times in which they were painted.  Two examples are:

It Has My Head Spinning (2020)
This is one of a pair of paintings completed during and related to the COVID-19 pandemic.  There have been days when I have experienced almost a dizziness or disorientation because the world around me was rapidly changing and taking forms that were novel and unstable, requiring adjustments to what are normally routine daily habits and patterns and divergences from previously accepted norms.  However, on other days the world was darker and intransigent, as reflected in the sister painting “It Has My Head Down.”
 
Acrylic on Wood Panel
12 x 12

It Has My Head Down (2020)
This is one of a pair of paintings completed during and related to the COVID-19 pandemic.  There have been days where the world has appeared dark and impenetrable, where I felt far from others, even those with whom I had been closely connected prior to the pandemic.  The symbols—both in form and color—represent the polarization in the US exacerbated by the pandemic.  They are separated by multiple barriers and a great, seemingly unnavigable, distance. However, on other days the world was moving rapidly and chaotically, as reflected in the sister painting “It Has My Head Spinning.”
 
Acrylic on Wood Panel
12 x 12