The Lock-Down Series

From March 2020 I found myself alternating between my studio and the living room television, trying to keep up with the latest Coronavirus developments as they unfolded.

This series of paintings reflects what I saw and read, and my reaction to the increasingly desperate news.

Photograph of British artist Hilary Barry's painting in oil on canvas, titled "Grief, Ruins and Miracles". Size 140 x 87 cm. Part of the "Lock-Down" series, showing five doctors and nurses wearing Covid-19 personal protective equipment, gathered over the unseen body of a patient undergoing treatment. — Grief, Ruins and Miracles (140 x 87 cm)

Photograph of British artist Hilary Barry's painting in oil on canvas, titled "And It Came To This". Size 100 x 50 cm. — And It Came To This (100 x 50 cm)

Photograph of British artist Hilary Barry's painting in oil on canvas, titled "Not the Last Time". Size 50 x 100 cm. — Not the Last Time (50 x 100 cm)

Photograph of British artist Hilary Barry's painting in oil on canvas, titled "Where Dreams Go". Size 61 x 61 cm. Part of the "Lock-down" series. — Where Dreams Go (61 x 61 cm)

Photograph of British artist Hilary Barry's painting in oil on canvas, titled "Another Day". Size 65 x 65 cm. Part of the "Lock-Down" series. ". — Another Day (65 x 65 cm)

Photograph of British artist Hilary Barry's painting in oil on canvas, titled "When Will It Be Here?". Size 167 x 141 cm. Part of the "Lock-down" series. — When Will It Be Here? (167 x 141 cm)

Photograph of British artist Hilary Barry's painting in oil on canvas, titled "And She Made Them a Bed". Size 125 x 106 cm. Part of the "Lock-Down" series. — And She Made Them a Bed (125 x 106 cm)

Photograph of British artist Hilary Barry's painting in oil on canvas, titled "Another Time, Another Place". Size 90 x 90 cm. Part of the "Lock-Down" series. — Another Time, Another Place (90 x 90 cm)

Photo of British artist Hilary Barry's landscape painting "They Did Not Let Them Go" (oil on canvas, 76 x 76 cm) — They Did Not Let Them Go (76 x 76 cm)

Photograph of British artist Hilary Barry's painting in oil on canvas, titled "Feeling What We Were Feeling". Size 107 x 122 cm. Part of the "Lock-Down" series. — Feeling What We Were Feeling (107 x 122 cm)

Photograph of British artist Hilary Barry's painting in oil on canvas, titled "Standing in the Moment". Size 100 x 106 cm. Part of the "Lock-Down" series. — Standing in the Moment (100 x 106 cm)

Photograph of British artist Hilary Barry's painting in oil on canvas, titled "When Will It End?". Size 90 x 70 cm. Part of the "Lock-down" series, showing laboratory scientists working 24 hours a day, seven days a week to produce an anti-Covid vaccine. — When Will It End? (90 x 70 cm)