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kescows an bys (the earth talks) 6: Love in the Time of Coronavirus 2020

We have all been affected by the global Covid-19 pandemic. Whether this has been through changes to our lifestyle, our jobs and financial circumstances, our health (both physical and emotional), through loss (of loved ones or strangers) or to the highly visceral environmental ramifications lockdown has had, we have experienced something deeply transformational.

Personally, I have been safe and well in this relatively sparsely populated coastal area of southwest England and have taken full advantage of the space to respond creatively to the “unprecedented” situation. I have got to know the transient beauty of Nature around my home more deeply through walking and cycling regularly, while also keeping up to date with the ever shifting existential global drama through media coverage.

This body of work, primarily painted and drawn using local Cornish earth pigments on a variety of salvaged, found and repurposed surfaces, is just part of my creative output during this time. The pieces represent intuitive conversations between myself, the materials and the uncertainty manifested by the ongoing global and local situation…

025 grief (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 28x28cm)
026 animals are our angels (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 28x28cm)
027 from ashes (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 28x28cm)
028 wild calling (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 56x38cm)
029 reassurances (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 56x53cm)
030 this dance together (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 45x56cm)
031 talking eyes 1 (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 9 28x28cm)
032 accepting an aloneness anew, a work in progress (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 56x38cm)
033 accepting an aloneness anew 2, a play on words (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 87x56cm)
034 Mother Nature (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 79x56cm)
035 talking eyes 2 (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 6 28x28cm)
036 accepting an aloneness anew 3, more than human (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 87x56cm)
037 without words (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 28x28cm)
038 talking eyes 3 (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 4 28x28cm)
039 mitico (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 28x28cm) © p ward 2020
040 a-wake (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 56x40cm)
041 chasing butterflies (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 28x28cm)
042 the joy of un-knowing (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 40x56cm)
043 an implausible lunch (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 72x56cm)
044 it’s all gone tits up!!! happy EARTH day 2020 (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 3 28x28cm)
045 dancing with friendly ghosts (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 68x28cm)
046 masks removed (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 4 28x28cm) © p ward 2020
047 embracing complexity (Cornish earth pigments on toilet roll tubes; 30x21cm)
048 self portrait with face paint (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 28x28cm)

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