Faces of Isolation is a daily portrait project that has been developed while we are in an isolation and lockdown period, in the UK and globally. As a history graduate and artist, I recognise that we are living through an unprecedented time and that we should all try and document what we can. I opened submissions for people (anyone) to send me a current picture of themselves and some words on their experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, how they are spending their time and their hopes for the future. I then turn them into illustrated portraits with their individual experience documented alongside. My aim with this project is to capture as many people and experiences of this time as possible. It has been a privilege for so many people to open up to me and give me a window into the many ways we are collectively experiencing this time. The project can be viewed in full online at www.orangebananaart.co.uk/faces-of-isolation.

Penelope Halling (@OrangeBananaArt) is an illustrator from South West London. She specialises in watercolour and digital illustrations in a range of styles; usually working minimally in bold colours, taking inspiration from line work & dot work tattoo art & traditional sign painting.