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An acrylic on paper and found objects piece. A painting depicts Queen Victoria, a white woman with slicked back hair, painted in black and white. She is wearing a patterned gown with a V-shaped neck and a sash. Her necklace, bracelets, and earrings are a faint green color. On her head is a long, lace-like veil and a golden crown with a white and red COVID cell inside. The painting is in a frame, decorated with a gold square-shaped pattern on a black background. A black fabric flower is on the top center.
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QUEEN VICTORIA’S CORONA-TION
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.
