“Lockdown Lullaby“
Process:
- the main part is from a photograph that my husband took of me, picking out notes on our keyboard
- I used various effects in Affinity Photo to achieve the blurred, almost other-worldly feel I was after
- to achieve the image-within-image of the ‘window’ I worked with layers in Adobe Photoshop Elements
Inspiration:
Interior with Woman at Piano, Vilhelm Hammershoi, 1901
Of all Danish painters Hammershøi was considered the master of the restricted and muted palette.
His compositions juxtapose subdued greys and off-whites with dark brown and sooty black, and always maintaining a soft, perhaps enthralling narrative.
The woman is alone, absorbed in an interior monologue, as if she has become a life stilled. This depiction of isolation was a prominent feature in Hammershøi’s interiors.
Lockdown Lullaby symbolises a life stilled by lockdown. An isolated woman playing soothing melodies, all the while overlooked by the transient light of the world beyond, a world of travel and beautiful spaciousness.
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Thank you for reading.
Stay well. Stay safe. Stay apart. X
marilyn unmasked 