Charlie Pace

This body of work is specific to my experience in the 2020-2021 pandemic. In my work, I aim to explore the ways in which prolonged isolation can severely distort one's perception of time, reality and themselves. Each piece is a distorted self-portrait representing a particular feeling derived from intense isolation.

I began focused specifically on depicting a warped perception of time and the dulling psychological effects felt when every day is seemingly identical. During such a long period of forced isolation, the lack of variation and stimulation in my day to day life inspired me to depict the feeling of being simultaneously strung out and hopelessly bored. As I moved on to later pieces, I focused more on my warped perception of self. The way I see and/or think about myself changes after hours spent unmoving and unproductive. I've moved on to explore more of how my perception of reality itself is altered by prolonged isolation. I am interested in exploring the idea of isolation causing one to question the nature of their reality and I include representations of this in my work.