Begin this year, in March, I started making a series about the lockdown. Everyone had to stay home because of Covid-19.

 

“Trapped” stands for being trapped in my house, but also in myself. The series is about my feelings, but also about my relationship with my boyfriend and my sister. I have a good relationship with my sister and it has become even stronger this lockdown. My boyfriend was also “stuck” at my house and I have also built a stronger relationship with him.

 

To support the images and my feelings I started making illustrations. The words in the illustrations represent my experience with the lockdown.

 

I was stuck with my family and my boyfriend, Stijn, in my parent's house. Since we were stuck with 6 people, two dogs, and a cat, I thought there was going to be a lot of chaos. Fortunately, this turned out very different. Not only did I recorded my feelings, but I also recorded the peace and quiet in and around my house.