Lockdown I

“Initially the term ‘lockdown’ hit me really hard, for me it meant something for prisoners! I was experiencing something new as a senior citizen, enclosed in my home. And my neighbours, my family, my friends, all away, all confined in a similar situation... There was a sudden vacuum in all our lives. No comforting chit-chat, no familiar faces, no hugging loved ones, no evening walks, no car drives, no luxuries… only empathy to bond us all.”

“I began to adjust to my new life and started creating this experimental series. I began by playing with straight lines, perhaps subconsciously thinking of rigid prison bars.

Medium for works below : black ink with wooden pen (kalam), on thick grain Catridge paper