Placing the figures in a slightly transparent bathroom stall serves several purposes, according to Monks.
This barrier underlines the personal and community-wide preoccupation with virus-laden respiratory droplets and the isolation it creates.
Instead, we are inferring their emotions through the body language and drama of the hazy setting.
“This is Not What You Wanted,” 2021
Some of the paintings from this series are still available for purchase through theForum Gallery.
“Watch the Only Way Out Disappear,” 2021
Detail of “This is Not What You Wanted,” 2021
“It’s All Under Control,” 2021
“Dissociate,” 2021
“No Going Back,” 2021
Detail of “No Going Back,” 2021
“We Never See It Coming,” 2021
