I never imagined a time like this, when the surreal became the real. When an invisible enemy invaded the world, like the ones in apocalyptic sci-fi movies I refuse to watch, spreading fear and devastation across the planet. I needed a creative way to use this quarantine, having so much time to contemplate and give meaning to this moment and how to record it in my memory. People are suffering, but birds are singing louder and skies are more blue all over the world, as nature takes a breather from mankind’s abuse — that’s the yin and yang of this time.
As I look for inspiration, I turn to a source that never ceases to lift me — New York City’s art world. The full-page images used in this book belong to my Winter Gradient print series, an ode to long northeastern winters, an annual reflection on the passage of time. The smaller images are from walks to and from museums or photos of exhibited artworks from one of my trips to The Museum of Modern Art, The Guggenheim, or The Whitney Museum of American Art.