John Perkins fine art photography
A Plague Upon This Howling
Over the last two years as the usual modes of interaction and creative expression were disrupted, artists were encouraged to innovate in socially distanced digital spaces.
Paradoxically for a digital image maker, I found myself drawn instead to seeking human connection by painting with friends Saturday mornings using simple materials- sketchbooks, markers, paint and whiteout - to work with line, colour, texture, form - and conversation.
The sessions drew out our expressions of the chaos and uncertainty of the times and for me became a visual journal of my experience with isolation, lockdown, upheaval, distress and fearfulness.
The digital work explores inserting visual virus into the host image in much the same way viruses biologically invade our lives then mutate, transform, and commandeer.
