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Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 11:50:26 +0000

Lizzy ‘lift those weights!…Work those biceps!’ Lockdown may mean going for walks is more tricky, but Lizzy has purchased some weights to keep herself trim. She can build her fitness while watching ‘My […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Sun, 02 Aug 2020 19:40:57 +0000

Lizzy loves her music. Music transports her from the isolated existence Corona virus has enforced, into a world of fanfare, sweeping concertos, the riff of a saxophone, violins searing into the air. Music […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 21:07:35 +0000

It was a hot day and Duffy wanted to go out. The park was the ideal place to go, where she could dance socially distanced, and yet close enough to make a spectacle!

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 18:35:14 +0000

An online show of work by two artists, Mary-Ann Stevens and Tingyi Xu, who explore importance of Chinese food in two very different cultural perspectives.

30 Dinners in 30 DaysTingyi Xu

Chinese TakeawayMary-Ann Stevens

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 17:46:43 +0000

I took this photograph to remind me of natural beauty. Throughout it all, even in lockdown, this plant still flourishes. I feel like its beauty is a natural defiance against the ugly anxiety of the Corona Virus.

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 17:39:37 +0000

Cecily is sports mad! Due to lockdown she hasn’t been able to go to the gym, so she has bought some weights online and has been lifting them every afternoon for 45 minutes with 15 minute cool-down.

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 09:29:05 +0000

Due to lockdown, Lizzy has been unable to step outside her flat. As lockdown eases, Lizzy ‘jumps for joy’. She has missed all the gossip, parties, shopping, and buying takeaway coffee in large paper cups.

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 09:05:26 +0000

The first time I allowed myself to step outside of my flat, I walked through the park, finding my way to my uncle’s house. The hot sun, the green trees, the blue sky was beautifully refreshing after a dark […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:44:27 +0000

Duffy was asked by THE GRAND HOTEL, to officially open its’ newest wing last week. Of course Duffy feels highly important taking on this role. She had several rehearsals at cutting the red ribbon, so as to […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 11:29:51 +0000

Duffy dresses up as usual for a Sunday. She ordered a Chinese takeaway from her favourite Chinese restaurant. She thought she deserved it, after not being able to go out for so long. She will walk past the […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 15:31:44 +0000

Penelope

Penelope poses for the camera. Her anxiety is through the roof during lockdown. She can’t spend her day in baggy clothes, comfy t-shirts, sheepskin slippers, unwashed tied-back hair, or without […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 10:34:32 +0000

As the summer break looms for students, there is a sense of anxiety in the air. Scrambling to get work together for assessment equals stressed out students.

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:11:54 +0000

Duffy hasn’t been to cabaret for several weeks now. Lockdown has prevented her the opportunity to go. Last night she opened her walk-in-wardrobe, and flicked through all of her dresses. But she missed […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 19:34:13 +0000

Duffy is all about love, and she wants everyone to know. During her solitary love protest she came across this colourful sculpture. The work is by Sally Gorham. Duffy sat between the sculpture and rested her […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:28:26 +0000

Flora looks into the distance romantically. She knows her photograph is being taken, and poses for the camera, holding still, but her fly-away hair gives away that she has been dancing. The feather, […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:11:33 +0000

Penelope skypes her friend. From China, he has made time to talk, but Penelope is more interested in ‘looking good’ for the camera. She is seemingly unaware that her friend can see her disinterest in the […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 10:29:03 +0000

Duffy in protest. ‘Does he love me, I wanna know’

Duffy protests ‘LOVE’. Alone in the street she struts down the road as if she might be at a busy protest. There is no shame in flaunting her ‘LOVE’ sign. She […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 11:25:18 +0000

Lost in lockdown.What about overseas students, lost in London? There is a a language barrier here. A Chinese friend sent me a small list of Chinese phrases. I memorised the words, but my intonation is far […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 11:08:21 +0000

Flora

Flora strikes a pose. She is dressed for the party. Having had her gin and tonic, she feels she can ‘let go’. Flora models herself on the celebrity; the drama of movies stars. 1930s black-and-white […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Sun, 31 May 2020 19:01:08 +0000

Duffy is sure lockdown will end soon. She wears her red dress and drags at her cigarette. The smoke sends her into memories of the bars she would circulate. Smoking is no longer allowed in bars, but Duffy […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Sat, 30 May 2020 18:10:15 +0000

Norman was in a pickle. He sat there thinking about what he should do. He went into his shed and began to dig himself a hole.

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Fri, 29 May 2020 18:51:31 +0000

Lizzy is crawling the house. She has had enough with lockdown. She knows she can’t go out yet, but it doesn’t stop her dreaming of the parties she used to go to.

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Thu, 28 May 2020 18:32:16 +0000

Lizzy is planning her visit to London as she waits for lockdown ease. She is hoping it won’t be too long, there is so much she wants to do.

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Sat, 16 May 2020 21:28:54 +0000

Sat watching the ballet on YouTube, having just finished a bottle of champagne and sea bass for dinner!

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Thu, 14 May 2020 11:44:37 +0000

Just because we all need to smile in these darkened times. She’s a show girl, but it’s unclear who she is performing for. In isolation she only has herself. She reflects how things used to be; how she wou […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Wed, 06 May 2020 16:45:53 +0000

Michele and Mary-Ann Letter writing. 6th May 2020. The country is in lockdown because of the threat of Corona Virus. Technology has become more important than ever for communication. Letter writing seems a thing […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Wed, 06 May 2020 15:35:56 +0000

A letter takes two,To read,Absorb,Reflect.Words are scribed,Handwriting not perfect.Something personal,Something intimate.The swirls of a pen,As the nibTouches paper,Once sentIs permanent.Sticking a […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Tue, 05 May 2020 18:43:29 +0000

From one friend to another. 2020

Reading this letter,I thought of times past.I thought of your face,Your smile.I haven’t read a letter forQuite a while.Emails are fast,Yet letters more meaning.Written […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Thu, 30 Apr 2020 19:34:02 +0000

My character, made with plasticine, slips in the sink. Things are running down the drain. I think of my thoughts to be in the outside world running away. The water purifying and terrible at the same time. […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:46:37 +0000

She doesn’t care what she looks like, she doesn’t care that her teeth are crooked, she embraces being a woman with some aggression. Is this perhaps my own aggression of what it means to me to be a woman? I […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Sun, 26 Apr 2020 17:00:40 +0000

I softly press the piano keys, and flip open a Beethoven manuscript. The notes stare at me and got me thinking that one day I should play again. The photographs are a set…5 movements, 5 positions!

In […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:48:45 +0000

During lockdown, applying lipstick is like applying war-paint. I am going into battle against the virus, where we must stay 2 meters apart. Lips say so much, quite literally in speech, but in this case, the […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Fri, 24 Apr 2020 17:18:38 +0000

Cup of tea here! There is nothing like a good cup of English Breakfast Tea. It has to be English Breakfast though, and it must be made carefully. In lockdown, tea has become a comfort, a very British comfort, […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Thu, 23 Apr 2020 16:35:36 +0000

Lockdown has forced people to look at living differently than perhaps pre-covid. Quite literally we might be more inclined to make and mend clothes, where we might previously have turned to the shops for […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:18:37 +0000

And so Duffy curls up in bed. It’s hard to tell if she’s asleep or even relaxed at all. Her face is white and startled. I think of sickness and art. Duffy looks sick, and so she must stay in bed?

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:51:44 +0000

Inverting colourful carefree flowers into a black and white still. Use of colour comes to mind, as it instantly speaks to the viewer. There is a language in colour. The photograph seems to have had life […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:45:36 +0000

Just relaxing! Resting on two bananas, there is some suggestion of precariousness, where she might literally fall off the bananas, but also be overpowered by two large phallus. We might congratulate the […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Sat, 18 Apr 2020 15:12:56 +0000

I am avoiding crowded spaces, I am hiding behind a white mask and pull on the not so subtle surgical gloves. I’m all covered up, and yet my character is far from wrapped up. She is overtly loud and naked.

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Fri, 17 Apr 2020 19:46:55 +0000

And so I research, I make, I photograph, I try to make sense of the day, I go to bed. I am entirely dependant on my computer during lockdown. It has been my friend to sit in front of everyday. I talk into it, […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:31:36 +0000

I’m looking. I’m trying to find clarity, trying to clear my mind, trying to calm anxiety. In bed, I follow the shadow from my lampshade, I can’t close my eyes yet. I think of my day, and I think of tom […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 18:19:00 +0000

A drip! Where is an end to this? Dissolving, dripping slowly, inevitably gaining momentum as the virus starts to peak.

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Mon, 13 Apr 2020 17:18:04 +0000

It’s Easter and Duffy wanted to dance! I used paper-mache to sculpt this look for Duffy. With yellow tights, she feels like a chick breaking out of its shell. I am reminded of being a little girl, painting c […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 20:35:41 +0000

Just an indulgent self portrait on iPad

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 17:26:06 +0000

And so I find a way out of solitude, re-organising pens, reorganising my sketch books. Then photographing my efforts. So is this art? Certainly ready to make art!

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 19:52:23 +0000

So here I am living in isolation. Lying in bed with ‘things’, like comfort in these solitary times. My iPad is a portal to the world outside my window! My headphones sing music to me and my watch con […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:03:49 +0000

Having just come back from a hospital for a blood test, I wore protective clothing, mask, dressing gown to cover my body, my hair covered by an old sheet, and surgical gloves on. I am staying as virus-free as […]

Mary-Ann Stevens wrote a new post on the site Extraordinary Times

Sun, 05 Apr 2020 19:46:20 +0000

Hands in chains. Currently locked in my flat due to the virus. Making art is the only comfort I find from the chafing chains! This image is made using an iPad. The process of making actually gives me a […]