Francesco Paonessa

"horse walking through dreamlike waves while equestrian figure with hidden face dissolves into air"

Dream Rider

Moving through the landscape of sleep

"older male volunteer wearing eyeglasses making a mask while dreamlike threads swirl into and out of a sewing machine" "figurative expressionism"

COVID-19 Response: 

Mask-making Volunteers

"swirls and butterflies representing thoughts and ideas expand over a young person's downcast head" "figurative expressionism"

Metamorphosis

Thoughts taking shape, leading to transformative, personal change.

"pre-teen boy in a suit sitting in a rowboat with an imaginary piano keyboard before him" "figurative expressionism"

A Different Life

Inspired by my father's dreams of playing music while growing up in an environment where that wasn't a possibility.

"intense clouds drift up from a figure stepping through a hoop on a circus podium and emerging golden and untouched on the other side"

Rebirth

Out of the fire and smoke.

"seated female figure wearing a long skirt and a diving helmet that has light shooting out of its sides"

Light in Unlikely Places

Sometimes light and hope can appear where you least expect them.

"ethereal face with a wisp of magical breath that grows into a twisting smoky plume containing skates and skeletons and dragons"

A Carrying Whisper

There is power in words.

"masked lab tester wearing gloves and safety glasses hold up a fat syringe in one hand and a test tube in the other while swirls and plumes spread out from the tube"

COVID-19 Response: 

Lab Testers

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