Mouse In Da House acrylic on canvas 4 x 4 feet 2020 I painted this during the pandemic, 2020 is also the year of the rat in the Chinese zodiac to which I also am. A 20 dollar bill points to this significance. During that time most people were on lock down hence the fully stocked pantry in the painting. Except I was far from being hunkered down as I was working as a visiting, homecare nurse throughout the pandemic and well into my first pregnancy. I was thriving! They needed me to keep patients out of the hospital and they paid me well, there was no traffic on the streets so I could see my 10 clients and get home early to paint, box and ship art. I made my biggest international art sales during the pandemic too because everyone was bored at home shopping online and looking at blank walls. I feel guilty talking about it because I realize the pandemic was terrible for most, but for me, I just had the right skill set at the right time and a stock pile of art all reay to go. It was a long time coming and I finally got lucky 🍀 For me, this painting is a symbol of resilience and resourcefulness. I’m most proud about the cloud and the cat in the cupboard and the tiny shadow mice. I was trying to get pregnant even before the pandemic, and then we hit some roadblocks when the fertility clinics paused during the lockdown, then there was also a miscarriage. It wasnt until towards the end of lockdowns just as mass vaccines were available to the general public that I finally got pregnant for real. I remember working masked up in the summer heat in my last trimester and giving birth within 24 hours of my last shift that year. I got so lucky because I ended up with two babies one after the other, I was closing in on 40 so I wasnt sure if it would happen for me. And I look back on this painting now and I see the nest of baby mice in the cupboard but also my two favorite shadow mice running about in the painting. In times of turmoil I paint, and somehow the answers unfold. #inspirational #motivation #pandemic #art
LISA NG ART 