During the COVID-19 pandemic I refrained from drawing and painting things related to the situation, partly because painting is an escape for me, and partly because this blog is an escape for the people who enjoy reading it. The first such commentary painting was 'Ultramarine Sickness', although that was a double entendre for a problem with ultramarine blue pigment. The second was a location painting depicting a line up at the grocery store way back in March, which was part of the pandemic blues series, which is apparently still going on. In my laboratory notebook, April 9th 2020, I made a doodle showing a man kissing a large virus particle under a tree, while behind him a horde of viruses were attacking a castle made of rolls of toilette paper being defended by humans in hospital garb. The tree had apples that resembled viruses. I have been contemplating doing a large painting on the theme and have most of the composition worked out. The title is inspired by MacEvoy (Handprint.com) who talked of saturation costs, that is where you loose colour intensity with certain mixes. Most of the painting is neutral grey green brown, but there are pops of really bright colour. Saturation costs also refer to the density of people and how viruses can spread.
Saturation Costs Study #1, 6 x 8" cold press, November 2020
Here is a scan of the notebook page with the main doodle of the character, not to mention some science notes! By the way, the science is talking about a set of molecules (cAMP) that may alter the immune system in such a way that it would make autoimmune diseases worse off. Since then we found that another molecule (cGMP) works in an opposite manner, meaning it may be good for autoimmunity. Maybe I need another blog just for science!
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