Mixed Media oilgraph with acrylic, graphite and gunpowder on wooden panel // 12x21.5

Base image photographed with a Mamiya 645 on Tri-x and processed in Agfa Rodinal

From the new series ‘The Spirit of Ukraine’ Being over half Ukrainian and Russian I take the war in Ukraine personally. In this continuing series I hope to capture the both the strength and vulnerability of the Ukrainian people.

The textures were created by igniting gunpowder on the surface of the panel and burning into the print itself. It’s an uncontrollable process and the explosion chooses its own direction. Just like war itself.