Since the self-isolation/quarantine period began, I have been drawing portraits of queer people (primarily men) all over the world through Skype and FaceTime. It offers a sense of connection and intimacy in a time when we are all separated. The subjects are in their own environment, and as an artist, I am subject to the limitations and freedoms of that environment, the forced and flattened distance and cropping of the scene, and the perspective of the camera. But pushing through those limitations, to find dimension, color, space, and personal energy becomes a unique and specific challenge for each drawing session. It is a process of opening up and expanding, while we are subject to the claustrophobia of self-isolation.
