With two months left in the second year of the biggest pandemic in modern history, I can say that art and the desire to make it are alive and well. So are the people who like to buy it. I was also encouraged by the number of opportunities available to emerging artists.

Online art shows have always been a divisive subject in the art community, but the pandemic seems to have brought people into agreement that online gallery shows are better than no gallery shows at all. I used the callforentry.org system to apply to these shows, and I was accepted by six, one of which was on online exhibition. For the others, I shipped my work directly to the galleries. Of these entries, two were purchased by collectors, two were returned, and the other two pieces I donated.

• May - Purely Abstract Group Exhibition (online) - Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

• March - May - Honorable Mention - Studio Channel Islands Collectors Choice Exhibition, Camarillo, CA

• March - All Abstract Show, Gallery 311, Raleigh, NC

• March - Group Show, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO

• Feb/March - Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR

• Jan/Feb - Open Theme Exhibit, Cultural Center of Cape Cod