During this lockdown I have not been in isolation because I worked as an essential worker and I live with someone who worked during all the lockdown. I’m very lucky that when I was stood down (for a short time) that I could access my holiday pay and didn’t need Centrelink or my Super.

A lot of artists have multiple jobs to support themselves, their families, and art career. There are select few artists who can practice their art full time in Australia. There was a discussion before Covid-19 on the lack support of the arts in Australia, and this discussion will continue as Australian society realises the value of art and culture during this crisis. For me, juggling multiple jobs, an art career, and a child, has given me the skills of self-discipline. I have used these skills during this short time off -  to make art and to manage home-schooling a teenager.

I have been working on an upcoming exhibition, The Architecture of Winter and Summer. The exhibition is an exploration of how the seasons - winter and summer effect tourism in the Gippsland and Alpine regions. East Gippsland and the Alpine regions were and still are, greatly affected by the summer bushfires and I have incorporated the bushfires into the summer part of the show.  I will be monitoring how Covid 19 effects the ski season and economy with the lack of tourism. After all this, I am almost thinking of renaming the showing Staycation during the Apocalypse, because of social isolation and staying home during the school holidays.