As April look back, she realized her weakness had become her strength 2020

Lanise Howard painted this around about now. It's a portrait with a pixelated head and a real eye. The pixelated thing is interesting, right? I wonder if Lanise was thinking about technology when she was making it, or maybe identity, or the way we see each other now? It's like she's saying, "Here's a real person, but here's also how we might see them online." The painting has a dreamy, soft quality, you know? It’s there in the swirl of blues, pinks, and lavenders, and the bandana print hanging off her shoulders. It makes me think about vulnerability, the way that what seems like a shield can also be a revelation. Painters are always in conversation, asking questions with color and form. How can we capture a feeling, a thought, a moment? It's all so ambiguous and uncertain and that's how it should be!