Item description

An abstract digital drawing on a white background. The drawing is composed of different sized geometric squares and rectangles. The squares and rectangles have a bright, spring-like color palette, filled with various shades of blues, purples, browns, greens, yellows, oranges, and pinks. The shapes are separated, but many have shapes of contrasting colors within them. Underneath the piece to the left side are the words and name “The Common Good” and beneath that with a copyright symbol “2020 Cynthia Friedlob” in a black, standard font.

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The Common Good

Cynthia Friedlob

These are digital drawings made in 2020/21/22. I've been making art using many different media for over 30 years and have focused on drawing geometric shapes for the last 20 or so years. I began drawing using my computer about 10 years ago.

The late artist Carmen Herrera once said that she liked to make her geometric paintings because she liked straight lines and she wanted to put some order into the world. I agree. And the chaos and uncertainty of these pandemic times make it even more satisfying to create order.

The drawings I made expressed my thoughts and feelings about the changes that were going on: the empty city streets, the memorial flowers, the need to work together for the common good, moments of joy and hope, moments of sadness, and a feeling today that everything has been altered in a way that can't be reversed, so must be accepted.

Date

January 1, 2020

Rights Statement

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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