Created April 6, 2020

Day 27 - As many of us start our 5th week of sequestration, the artist reflects, "I know that social isolation and economic uncertainty can lead to depression. I post on Facebook, “You are not alone. We are all in this together.”"

From exhibition America Disrupted, featuring a series of watercolors painted during the Covid-19 quarantine. At once a record of the artist’s emotional response to our current era, it is also a time Jay Samit found himself conflicted about his nation’s history. Part therapeutic, part social commentary, Samit’s palette reveals the fissures in American society further exposed by this unsettling period.