HOW I LIVED MY COVID CONFINEMENT -Part 1
Updated: Apr 18

At the end of a 14-day quarantine after rushing back from Mexico in March 2020, I was eager to go back to my studio. I was able to work safely thanks to the large space I have to myself. But life at Complexe Canal Lachine was quiet without meeting fellow artists in the restaurant downstairs or enjoying short chats filling water bottle at the fountain. I missed the social contact. This is about the time I discovered artist Gillian Lee Smith browsing portrait photos on Pinterest. I was immediately attracted to her unique expression and mark making and enthused by the online workshops she offered. I first booked Drawn to Expression followed by Portrait, Your Art, Your Way, two four-week programs. The content of the workshops is rich and abundant and the many 20 minutes video demo Gillian filmed led me on a path of exploration and experimentation


In early 2021, I was fortunate to be counted as one of Gillian’s mentee on a 9-month long program Building a Body of Work. More on that experience learning to Build a Body of Work in the next post.