Unrecognized Essential Workers Series, Postal Workers, (William)

This painting is from my recent exhibition, Gratitude: The Unrecognized Essential Workers Series at the R. Michelson Galleries. Along with his landscapes, this new collection of paintings depict the various unheralded but much needed essential workers that have come into the spotlight during the COVID era. This is a painting of our mail man William. Most of us are acutely aware of the Essential Workers who are obvious to us during these challenging “Pandemic Times”; Health care workers, Doctors, Nurses, etc. Hopefully this time has also brought a heightened awareness and appreciation to those that are often overlooked but are no less essential to a whole, functioning, prosperous human society. Though providing these Essential Services, they remain unrecognized in their value to society at large. Certainly this is true in the way they are grossly underpaid but the list can continue to cover most of society; the teachers, service persons, postal workers, immigrant farmers, artists, musicians, writers, EMT’s, custodians, poets, social workers, dancers, repair persons…etc.etc.