Victory & the Serpent
This etching incorporates figurative and architectural elements from my residency at the Guanlan Original Printmaking Base and the nearby China Print Museum, north of Shenzhen, China. Albrecht Durer’s iconic rhinoceros adds to the surreal ambience of an imaginary scene. The sparse text (beneath the winged, squatting figure) is loosely adapted from a Russian poem by the 1920s’ Imaginist author, Anatoly Marienhof – translated for me by another resident artist, Victoria.

The Gifts
During my sojourn in Guanlan, I met resident artists from Bulgaria, Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Slovakia, Nepal and different parts of China. People around me were speaking mostly Chinese and Russian. This lithograph was inspired by my gratitude for a wide range of presents showered upon me, during my residency.

Lightning Storm
This lithograph arose from a late night conversation with another resident artist in Guanlan. He described his intense fear during a lightning storm, having once experienced the shock of electrocution, as a child. Astounded by his account of survival against the odds, I added a guard dog as a protective entity, beside the hiding figure.