Dorian | Artist & writer | Lockdown Paintings

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Lockdown Paintings

Although it was never my intention, looking back I can see that every painting I made during the period 2020-2021 engaged in some way with my experience of living in the world's most locked-down city. Some of these paintings are full of truth, expressing fear, anger and grief for the life I had lost. Some of the paintings are lies, using the trickery of bright colours and smiles to hide the truth. All of them show a narrowed world restricted to myself, my husband and our home.

Painting of man in pink T-shirt sitting in a green chair, holding a glass of orange juice. Ravens are swooping against a blue background.

Painting of man wearing a blue and white striped T-shirt and blue shorts, sitting in a red chair. A chandelier hangs on the upper right, against an orange background.

Painting of woman in a pink dress holding three pomegranates. She stands on the left of the painting, beside a window through which plants are growing. The background is orange.

Painting of woman in a woollen hat and cardigan. She stands on the right of the painting with her hands clutched at her chest. A light bulb shines in the upper left, against a dark blue-grey background.

Painting of the head and shoulders of a man in a green shirt holding a bright green budgie in front of him.

Painting of reclined nude man with a globe between his legs, and a gas mask on his face. The background is teal and grey.

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