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An acrylic on paper painting of Queen Zenobia. The painting resembles a stone carving with a brown color. Queen Zenobia sits on a throne, wearing robes and heavy jewelry. On top of her head is a white and red COVID cell with a red piece of sequins on the front. Another person stands to her right, fanning her with the large leaf of a plant. A large bird rests on the top left of the throne and a dog sits in the bottom left. Underneath the painting is the name “zenobia” in capital letters. The painting is in a large gold frame with indents along the frame.
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ZENOBIA’S CORONA-TION (Queen Zenobia of Palmyra)

In pandemic my friends keep calling & emailing to check on me during “lockdown”; as the most ‘out-every-night’ social woman Seattle they probably assumed I’d go off the deep end. My studio - too often procrastinated - has become a haven of sanity (ok, all that candy I keep out there is also a lure. Yup, I’m doing my part to “Fatten the Curve” as per Fauci)….

Much of my art involves verbiage/puns and assemblage decorating my frames, plus I've always been a fan of classical portraiture (& people in general). The lightbulb moment struck: CORONA obviously means CROWN as well as COVID, so the CORONA QUEENS (all powerful women, another thing the world needs now along with laughs?) series was born.

Zenobia (which means "one whose life derives from Zeus”) Septemia was a powerful ruler of Palmyra, born 240. After her husband died she assumed control (& expanded) her Kingdom, as much by strategy as aggression.