A photograph of an abstract acrylic painting on a white background. The painting is many colors swirled together, with no defined shape or pattern. The center is swirled orange and red, bordered by patches of pale pink and green. There are black and blue accent lines throughout.

A photograph of an abstract acrylic painting on a wood block. The painting is many colors blurred together, primarily shades of red and pink. The bottom edge is rimmed by brown with a yellow tip, and the very top has veins of blue.

A photograph of an abstract acrylic painting on a white background. The painting is shaped like ovals layered on top of each other, with rectangular shapes sticking out from both sides. The rest of the painting is swirled with different colors, primarily yellow in the center, black on the bottom, and blue on the top.

The pandemic experience only made the feelings of loss and loneliness develop quicker and deeper but also provided the space to lean into the loss and work through it thoroughly without the opportunity for distraction to take it's place. If it wasn't for the space provided by the pandemic, I don't think I would have been able to process grief as well as I did.

A photograph of an abstract acrylic painting on a white background. The painting is shaped like an oval, with black lines forming a frame around it. The rest of the painting is many colors swirled together. The bottom left and top right corners are yellow. The right side is shades of orange. The top and center are swirls of purple and green with white highlights.

A photograph of an abstract acrylic painting on a wooden block with a white frame. The painting is many different colors swirled together. The edges on the right are red-brown and ragged, and the edges on the left are white and smooth. The center is an oval-shaped patch of green and yellow above an intricate oval of many colors.

A photograph of an abstract acrylic painting on a wooden block with a white frame. The painting is many colors swirled together in an oval shape with a patch tailing it on the left. The top of the painting is blue. At the center, there is a black oval, surrounded by swirls of gold and blue. The bottom is red on the edges, white in the middle, and orange and blue in the center. Black lines trace the shapes.