Facing Reality

Growing up as a child in Suriname we had siesta in the early afternoon.

It was just too hot to do anything other than lay down and not move!

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I rarely stuck to this rule because I was (and still am) a restless child, so I spent the afternoon hours drawing.

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During the first lockdown, these memories came flooding back, keeping busy while it felt like the rest of the world was sleeping.

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Black and white drawing is my default setting originating from these quiet hot afternoons and years of fashion drawing and pattern drafting.