The Art of Quarantine I
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Kathleen Hurley Liao, of West Windsor, says her ‘Reverso’ is a response to the current social environment that acknowledges vulnerability and connects with humanity.

West Trenton artist and freelance writer Leonora Rita V. Obed used the lockdown to finish paintings such as the starkly silent ‘Old College, Edinburgh a University.’

Janet Purcell, the Hopewell-based artist and Times of Trenton arts reviewer, sent ‘Birthday Rose’ to remind us that it is spring and a time of renewal.

Hamilton-based Howard Michaels’ ‘Dark Times Indeed’ is a digital treatment of a photograph he took during a foreboding visit to a supermarket.

Sam Liao, a West Windsor student attending Vassar College, captured the image of ‘Tom,’ a fellow student who was buying masks to send to his family in China when the virus was just starting to spread.

Princeton photographer Tasha O’Neill’s ‘Social Distancing — or NOT’ was taken on the Princeton campus when the lockdown began.

Leni Morante says she was able to create ‘Film, Sky, and Shadow on Water’ in her Hamilton studio only after she turned off the radio and the nerve-wracking news of the virus.
We at U.S. 1 are seldom at a loss for words, but we also understand the power of a picture to tell an important story.
In March we invited artists to become visual correspondents and help tell one of the biggest stories of our times, the COVID-19 pandemic, in images.
While artists of all types immediately began to respond, the virus disrupted our paper and put our efforts on hiatus. But now we’re catching up by turning this page into a gallery and welcoming readers to the opening of “The Art of Quarantine.”
We are also reminding artists that while museums and galleries are closed, our pages are open and the invitation still open. Email high-resolution images to dan@princetoninfo.com.
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