The titles of my paintings vary in their significance to the meaning of the piece itself, but this one almost says it all for me.
The image that inspired “Town Fair, 2020” came from the fairgrounds just a couple of miles from my house. I took the picture at the time the fair would normally be held, but was cancelled along with everything else due to the pandemic.
The emptiness and quite feeling of the fairgrounds is accentuated by the glow of just a couple of lights (as opposed to the flood of lights that would be on during fair-time). Standing in the field on this evening filled me with the lonely, haunting feel that characterized the shut-down for so many of us.
