Denis Lehane: Covid-19 has defeated artists like me

Denis is suffering for his art, in the style of Brendan Behan, immortalised in this Royal Canal statue in Dublin. Picture: Leah Farrell

Covid-19 has hit artists worst of all. And I’m not talking here about people who throw a few cans of paint against a canvas and tell you ’tis art. 

I’m talking about real artists. Artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Brendan Behan and myself. Fellows who have suffered for their art.