'Florence Lightingale' by Cristina Schek is a tribute to Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. Florence gained the nickname 'The Lady with the Lamp' during her work at Scutari. 'The Times' reported that at night she would walk among the beds, checking the wounded men holding a light in her hand. This work is part of a series Cristina created during the 2020 London Lockdown, titled “The Couchsurfing Series”. Each work is inspired by a particular Old Masters artwork dealing with isolation or the need to get out of the house.
“During the Lockdown imagination was my preferred way of escaping restrictions and that's how I started creating work that would fuse the real with the surreal, permeating the everyday life in isolation with a sense of mystery. I was doing my travelling in between my ears.” says Cristina

‘Florence Lightingale’ received The FOCUS ON THE FEMALE Art Created During Lockdown Award.