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An acrylic on paper and found objects piece. The painting is of Queen Isabella, a white woman with short ginger hair. She wears a red patterned dress with a square neckline, a red and gold necklace, and a crown with colorful gems lining it. Inside of the crown is a white and red COVID cell.Grasped in her hands is a book. The painting is in a golden frame with ornate detailing. A shield-shaped crest is at the top center of the frame and a bible and religious figure are at the bottom left and right.
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QUEEN ISABELLA’S CORONA

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.

Isabella was a bright, powerful and deeply pious queen who is equally famous for sanctioning the torturous Spanish Inquisition and approving Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the (accidental) Americas, Isabella & Ferdinand united Castile and Aragon into one Spain, but their effort to create religious and national unity expelled over 1/2 of Spain's Jewish and Muslim population (their choice was conversion, exile or death).