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JENNIFER O'CONNELL
Letters Unwritten
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in.
Courtesy of the artist
ARTIST STATEMENT
"April 18, 2020 -- A box full of blank cards sits on the bed on a Saturday morning. We are home and contemplate our lives, maybe with some regrets, tasks undone or ‘letters unwritten.' Our time at home also reveals the beauty all around, like a shaft of light coming through a window."
This past year has been filled with anxiety, uncertainty, stress, and sadness. But it also gave me a gift: uninterrupted time and space to work in the studio. Last spring, when there were no planes overhead and few vehicles on the roads, pollution levels plummeted. A new silence descended and the light felt different. It was brighter, more piercing. This "Hopper-esque" light struck me as I glanced into our middle bedroom one morning. I sketched the scene and took some reference photos. As I was making the painting, its meaning for me emerged. |