"Touch"
Blue and watercolor, for sorrow and tears. Applied by fingertip because the touch of loved ones was missing for most when they said their last goodbyes. Also a single pearlescent fingerprint, because your loss is not just one in a sea of hundreds of thousands of others. It stands out. They were your unique person.
18”x24”, watercolor and liquid acrylic on watercolor paper
I didn't get to attend MIT or Harvard, but my art gets to go!
“Touch” will be part of this exhibition. I am proud to participate, and heartbroken that there even needs to be one.
Marking Lives COVID-19 is a community art project conceived by Concord-based artist Elizabeth Awalt to commemorate the American lives lost to COVID. This exhibition is a realization of the collaborative social media project. Artists were invited to make at least 1,000 “marks” on any surface in any medium, and then post a public photo of the work using the hashtag #markinglivescovid19. Inspired by projects like the AIDS Memorial Quilt, Awalt collected “marks” representing lives lost to COVID-19 in the United States. Marking Lives COVID-19 serves as a memorial to this tragic event in history.