By: David Avery

Medium: Etching
Year: 2016
EditionSize: 20
Image Size: 6.25 x 5.125 inches

This etching centers on a hybrid, shell-like form suspended against a fractured landscape, its interior erupting with vegetal and anatomical elements. A narrow vertical axis anchors the composition, while surrounding details—wires, leaves, and architectural fragments—suggest instability and containment at once. The image reads as both specimen and omen, balancing meticulous line work with a sense of latent disturbance.

This work is part of David Avery’s The Coming of the Cocklicranes series.