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Pandemic Painting Deep Dive: Cards with Ghosts.

1/24/2025

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This very well might be my favorite of the series. It established a new level of darkness that I don't think I had ever explored before and the gaze of the central figure has stuck with me ever since its creation. I chased the feeling of this painting most of the rest of the series, mostly with solid results, but I'm not sure anything quite made it back to this level of success, simplicity and starkness.

I think this encompasses the overall melancholy of the lockdowns well. Once fear subsided we were left adrift; the world didn't stop but much of what we considered important did. Social events were canceled, friends were dangerous, even being outside was discouraged by some. The people we once relied on drifted into a digital landscape and we were left working alone, staring at screens, all while people insisted we were in this together. 
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There was a reserved acceptance; we were resigned to our fate. Nobody liked what was happening but we also just kind of largely accepted there was no solution to be found and no reason to seek it. 
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