Original watercolor painting on 300lb paper - 10.75" x 11" 
Watercolor of penguins visiting the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago during the quarantine. Original photo from the Shedd Aquarium.
The Quarantine was such a strange time. Each day I walked my dog for miles in the quiet streets of the edge of Boston. Throughout the rest of the world, as we retreated, animals began to take back some of our “human” spaces. In addition, some people brought animals to explore places that were off limits to us. These penguins were from the Shedd Aquarium (Chicago). At the Aquarium, they brought some of the penguins to the Museum of Contemporary Art and they wandered around, taking in the art. This “anthropause” as the Quarantine is also called, inspired me to paint the animals. They took over neighborhoods, streets, and our museums. Penguins are welcome to “my” spaces any time.