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A self portrait by Nancie King Mertz
12020-05-05T13:57:17-07:00f8aac65083dd8407d9238044a16c756173f4d1dd370401An image post by Nancie King Mertz depicting a pastel self portrait titled “Life in the Time of Covid.” Nancie King Mertz, a Lakeview East resident, goes on to describe her work: "Artists in lockdown across the country have been turning to self-portraiture. Like many industries, we don’t know what our place will be, what value our work will have, and will we survive? On the bright side, we do have an escape from the madness, and find our work to be essential to self, as we carry on creating."plain2020-05-05T13:57:17-07:00f8aac65083dd8407d9238044a16c756173f4d1dd
12020-05-05T12:57:53-07:00A self portrait by Nancie King Mertz1An image post by Nancie King Mertz depicting a pastel self portrait titled “Life in the Time of Covid.” Nancie King Mertz, a Lakeview East resident, goes on to describe her work: "Artists in lockdown across the country have been turning to self-portraiture. Like many industries, we don’t know what our place will be, what value our work will have, and will we survive? On the bright side, we do have an escape from the madness, and find our work to be essential to self, as we carry on creating."2020-05-05T12:57:53-07:00
