The Covid-19 pandemic caused so much medical, emotional, and economic suffering to people all around the globe that I felt impelled to make art that speaks of healing and hope. In the second healing icon (below), I used translations of the Lord’s Prayer in eight world languages to capture the deep disorientation of this season. These works are inspired by the Ethiopian healing icon tradition and are made using Joomchi.
Heart Healing Icon for Covid-19, I
Cut paper and Joomchi on wooden panel, 8x10, 2020
Global Covid-19 Icon for Healing I
Joomchi on wooden panel, 8x8, 2020
The Lord’s Prayer written in eight world languages is in the spirals. The virus at the center is enclosed in a cross for protection.