In 2010, I exhibited a series of paintings titled: From Cradle to Grave: The Color White, at the since shuttered Anka Gallery, in Portland, Oregon. This painting, Sometimes My Mask Feels Like a Gag, was part of that exhibition.
Ten years ago, the paintings explored the significance of assigning the color white to various Western European ceremonies and traditionally female roles of womanhood, from a feminist perspective.
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the mask this nurse is wearing takes on an entirely new meaning of its own.
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