I trained as a painter at the Royal College of Art. Computer imaging studies followed at Middlesex University. I am an analytical drawer. I am neither an abstract nor figurative artist. I simply draw what I see with the simplest of tools. Pencil and paper.
This year however, I am using photography and video to explore and record a dual experience of the Covid19 pandemic. I am coordinating this with my son Benjamin Hoar, who is also an artist. We haven’t met physically for six months. We communicate via smartphones, comparing and sharing images of our parallel worlds. His is an urban environment, mine is a rural one, hence the title ‘Covid19 Duality’. He is working on a large building site and I enjoy a secluded studio. He has been recording an environment where signage is essential for the protection of people’s movement. Mine is a world of rural landscapes. In my environment it is easy to forget that a distancing protocol exists. I have space. I have walked and cycled repeatedly along the same rural routes. We have both marked the changes during Covid19 pandemic by watching and recording.