Covid Collection

This series is a result of the stress of my isolation during the COVID 19 pandemic. I needed something tedious, colorful and beautiful to work on, something fun and time-consuming to keep me busy while still being creative with recycled material.

These works have been created from items in my recycle and trash bins – old CD’s, Amazon packaging, aluminum cans, boxes, straws, drink packaging, egg cartons, pasteboard, envelopes. junk mail, styrofoam and takeout containers, single use plastic, yogurt containers and candy wrappers and more. I cut up the material into small tiles and used old canvases and frames to make mosaic works. The large works have thousands of tiles. Once completed, I seal the work with clear gel.

The pandemic has made me aware of the inevitable, some day I will be gone. I often wonder what will happen to all the art I’ve created. Well, it will not worry me at all, it can go into the trash from where it came!

View Cathy's new series: Trashformations