The black and white prints, “Covid-19 Series”, represent a personal response to the Coronovirus pandemic. The images are paradoxical with multiple layers of meaning. Shells and beaches are associated with tranquil family vacations. Conversely, the transparent Jingle shells in these works suggest both the elusive nature of the virus and by their shape, a pox. Shells are also skeletons of once living beings, and broken shells suggest loss and broken lives.  The beach and the ocean itself are paradoxes of peace and calm and beauty, while at the same time embodying the threat of ferocious storms, flooding and erosion.  The shadows bring up a host of hackneyed narratives: we are shadows of our former selves; the virus is an elusive threat that lives in the shadows; shadows imply a looming darkness or an imaginary presence. The paradoxes of light and sunshine and children playing contrast with the shadow of the unseen, or of shadowy people. There are a thousand quotes about shadows that illustrate both positive and negative associations. “Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see” (Martin Luther King). “All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow” (Leo Tolstoy). “The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow” (George R.R. Martin). It could be said that the Covid-19 virus is indeed a very bright flame with a very dark shadow.