Odyssey II 2004 Drypoint, spit-bite etching on paper, Edition: /18 Image: 98.5 x 69.5cm
Artist's statement "An Odyssey - an epic poem, an extended wandering or journey. Working on this theme for a number of years has been part of my own internal journey. I am deeply moved by the idea of Odysseus' wanderings and his long journey home, which is constantly beset by temptations and challenges - which, as the poet, CP Cavafy, says in his 'Ithaca': My images of the solitary figure are of that soul's journey. Each work I complete on the subject is, for me, another line in the epic poem of my own imaginings. Odyssey II is part of a series of large drypoint etchings, that are further explorations of the self and shadow - as male, female and object".
Deborah Bell
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