Side by Side

About the artwork

Inspired by watching swallows fly, feed their young in the nests and soar together. The top part of the print is the roof where the nest was made, the pair soaring together out over the sea shown under them towards the horizon. I like the tonal depth in the edges, showing a snapshot in time. I used an old pattern cutter to create the lines of flight, almost invisible map lines. I was very careful when inking the print twisting the scrim to show the flight lines directly behind the swallows wings, I wanted to show these lines to add softness and movement within the print.