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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…

049 living under the sea (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 28x28cm)
050 everything is ordinary, everything is beautiful (Cornish earth pigments on salvaged card; 30x30cm)
051 ways of catching rain (Cornish earth pigments on salvaged card; 24x17cm)
052 adaptation and resilience (Cornish earth pigments on salvaged wood; 60x23cm)
053 friendship (Cornish earth pigments on salvaged card; 9.5x5.5cm)
054 a new normal (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 56x73cm) © p ward 2020
055 education in being (Beach charcoal on toilet roll tubes; 30x21cm) © p ward 2020
056 talking eyes 4 - self (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 4 26x26cm) © p ward 2020
057 another reality (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 54x56cm) © p ward 2020
058 future kisses (Beach charcoal and Cornish earth pigments on paper; 28x28cm) © p ward 2020
059 hereditary (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 54x56cm) © p ward 2020
060 dancing with complexity (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 28x28cm) © p ward 2020
061 talking eyes 5, looking inside (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 4 26x26cm) © p ward 2020
062 dancing with complexity 2 (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 89x54cm) © p ward 2020
063 earth weave 1 (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 13x13cm) © p ward 2020
064 earth weave 2, Red Cross (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 13x13cm) © p ward 2020
065 home (Cornish earth pigment on paper and salvaged card; 30x28cm) © p ward 2020
066 phenomenon (Cornish earth pigments salvaged card; approx 28x18cm/5x5cm) © p ward 2020
067 i just want to be with you (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 54x54cm) © p ward 2020
068 i just want to be with you/patience and restraint (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 72x56cm) © p ward 2020
069 earth weave 3 (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 26x26cm) © p ward 2020
070 today will be a better day 1 (Beach charcoal and Cornish earth pigments on paper; 27x27cm) © p ward 2020
071 backdrop (North Devon earth pigments on unstretched canvas; 100x80cm) © p ward 2020
072 a cat amongst pigeons (Beach charcoal and Cornish earth pigments on paper; 27x27cm) © p ward 2020

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