July 2023 - Dec 2023
Drawing someone is a very intimate and contemplative process, both for the sitter and for the artist. Quiet conversation during the drawing process can illuminate so much more about the sitter than just a drawing ever can. As the project goes on, the portraits and conversations from the early stages will already be part of the past. How will the realities of the future present have changed? I will endeavour to choose a wide range of people, some known to me, and some not. I want this to document the realities of individuals, their joys and their concerns, big and small. The documentation will evolve with time. Each person’s testimonies will be forever tied to their painted portraits, to be fully shared as a body of work in 2030. Woven into the fabric of the project are little notes recording the events at that particular time, for context. During Covid lockdown, I learned to draw people via Zoom! Portraits created via a screen have a different feel, but that is all part of this