In my Art in the Time of Corona 7 - Recovery Roses art show, launched on Earth Information Day at COP26, underlining that people worldwide should not live-in constant fear of COVID-19, I painted a portrait of Dr. Ugur Sahin the CEO of BioNTech, which helped develop one of the major vaccines against COVID-19, (as I had included a portrait of his wife Dr. Ozlem Tureci in my #4 art show) alongside pink and purple roses symbolic of the recovery from the pandemic. BioNTech co-founders Dr. Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci indicated that the virus is here to stay for a couple more years but that the novel coronavirus has “begun to become controllable.” And Biontech is keeping a watchful eye on the new variants of the virus and new strains that will also develop over time.

Alternate text for image: Paintings of roses.