Pandemic Portraits for Labor Day 2020
These portraits, many of them self-portraits, were created during the pandemic. Many artists during this time resorted to video conferences such as ZOOM to continue to paint live. Some were initiated and prompted on social media such as #portraitsforusheroes and by other artists such as Tom Croft with hopefully the end result in the works having an exhibition.
Artists have worked in isolation for centuries so the lockdown did not affect the their time creating but it did affect what they worked on and how to approach their subjects with many reverting to social media to finds ways to connect.
