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| Date Night, Chaz Howkins, 2016, acrylic & pencil on canvas |
“Date Night” visually communicates the struggle and beauty of a long distance relationship. I wanted to romanticise a pixilated screenshot taken from a midday/evening Skype conversation by painting it on a large scale so that I had a means of seeing my girlfriend’s face other than on a 4 inch screen in my hand. I wanted to glorify this loving moment because our communication is made so difficult by time differences and poor signal that these beautiful moments are made all the more special when they do happen.