Barbara Baum
In June of 2020, I turned my attention to the garden. I began my usual small watercolor studies. However, nothing felt the same. Covid was raging. The riot of color that I always loved in my garden did not resonate with what I was feeling. I cut some flowers and brought them inside. Working on ivory paper, I began drawing with various pencils, graphite and black and white watercolor. While the backgrounds and atmospheres grew ever darker and more textured, the flowers remained the ivory of the paper. Over months, the spaces lightened and color crept back in.
This work became my pandemic diary. Ghost Flowers.
