It was not my intention to depict the emotional state the pandemic has us all in but that is how the illustration was interpreted. I have been illustrating the melted human form for a few years and it is a theme I love going back to.
When I put the image out it struck a chord with a lot of people and they associated it with lockdowns and their effects. It was only then that I decided to call the piece Lockdown. Our current circumstance was not on my mind at the time of creation, but it was reflective of it anyway.
Featured in the John B. Aird Gallery’s juried DRAWNG 2021 online show and art book:
It was not my intention to depict the emotional state the pandemic has us all in but that is how the illustration was interpreted. I have been illustrating the melted human form for a few years and it is a theme I love going back to.
When I put the image out it struck a chord with a lot of people and they associated it with lockdowns and their effects. It was only then that I decided to call the piece Lockdown. Our current circumstance was not on my mind at the time of creation, but it was reflective of it anyway.
Featured in the John B. Aird Gallery’s juried DRAWNG 2021 online show and art book:
