Several of my art projects directly relate to the previous year. Over the course of 2020, I created illustrations and photomontages to accompany essays responding to the coronavirus; submitted work to competitions, such as the Penn Institute for Urban Research “Cities and Contagion” photo contest (for which my image Bus Ride was a finalist); and lastly, inspired by the painting genre, I photographed a still life composed of traditional and contemporary objects in the closing hours of 2020. Vitruvian Man during Coronavirus, Square Signs #1, and Still Life were all recently selected by the Hamilton Arts Collective to be included in their virtual exhibition, Bearing Witness – the artists’ tenacious view, which will be on view from February 15–April 15, 2021.
  • The Mindful Home (2020)
    The Mindful Home (2020)
    I designed this digital illustration to accompany my essay, “On Dwelling: Anatomy and Architecture during Coronavirus,” which was published by Artblog, an independent online arts journal based in Philadelphia, in April 2020, and more recently by Atlantika, an international collective of artists, curators, and writers.
  • Vitruvian Man during Coronavirus (2020)
    Vitruvian Man during Coronavirus (2020)
    I designed this digital illustration to accompany my essay, “On Dwelling: Anatomy and Architecture during Coronavirus,” which was published by Artblog, an independent online arts journal based in Philadelphia, in April 2020, and later by Atlantika, an international collective of artists, curators, and writers.
  • Home Is Where the Heart Is (2020)
    Home Is Where the Heart Is (2020)
    I designed this digital illustration to accompany my essay, “On Dwelling: Anatomy and Architecture during Coronavirus,” which was published by Artblog, an independent online arts journal based in Philadelphia, in April 2020, and later by Atlantika, an international collective of artists, curators, and writers.
  • Exterior Shot: A Moment's Pleasure (2020)
    Exterior Shot: A Moment's Pleasure (2020)
    I took this digital photograph to accompany my essay, “At Home at the Baltimore Museum of Art: ‘Mickalene Thomas: A Moment’s Pleasure,’” which was published by Artblog, an independent online arts journal based in Philadelphia, in September 2020.
  • Bus Ride (2020)
    Bus Ride (2020)
    I submitted this digital diptych to the Penn Institute for Urban Research “Cities and Contagion” photo contest, and it was selected as a finalist.
  • Shuttered Stores (2020)
    Shuttered Stores (2020)
    I submitted this composite image of six digital photographs to the Penn Institute for Urban Research “Cities and Contagion” photo contest. It depicts shuttered stores around Baltimore, painted over with signs of hope.
  • Square Signs #1
    Square Signs #1
    I submitted this composite image of four digital photographs to the Penn Institute for Urban Research “Cities and Contagion” photo contest. Though it was not chosen as a winner or finalist for the contest, “Square Signs #1” was selected by the Hamilton Arts Collective to be included in their virtual exhibition “Bearing Witness – the artists’ tenacious view,” which will be on view from February 15–April 15, 2021.
  • Square Signs #2 (2020)
    Square Signs #2 (2020)
    I recently made this composite image of four square signs I found around my neighborhood. It’s a companion piece to “Square Signs #1.”
  • Street Finds (2020)
    Street Finds (2020)
    I submitted this composite image of four digital photographs to the Penn Institute for Urban Research 2020 “Cities and Contagion” photo contest.
  • Still Life (2020)
    Still Life (2020)
    I shot “Still Life” with my digital SLR in the closing hours of 2020. It was inspired by the painting genre, and composed of a mixture of traditional and contemporary objects. “Still Life” was recently selected by the Hamilton Arts Collective to be included in their virtual exhibition “Bearing Witness – the artists’ tenacious view,” which will be on view from February 15–April 15, 2021.