** This drawing was selected for the Green & Stone Gallery 'Summer Exhibition' 2025 at Green & Stone Gallery, 251 - 253 Fulham Road, Chelsea, London SW3 6HY - July 28th to August 28th 2025. **

** Also selected for the Society of Wildlife Artists Annual Exhibition 2026 'The Natural Eye' at Mall Galleries, London - 1st to 10th October 2026. **

This pen and ink 'stipple' drawing is made up entirely, 100%, of pen ink dots. The drawing took a total of 107 hours to complete. Based on 2 dots per second this drawing is made up of approximately 770,000 ink dots (possibly more, possibly less).

Sakura Pigma Micron drawing pens are used in all of my pen and ink drawings. The archival quality ink is acid-free, chemically stable, waterproof, and fade resistant.

All Pen & Ink drawings are sold professionally framed as shown and are glazed using Optium Museum Quality Acrylic. This glaze is Trusted by the world’s most renowned museums, this state-of-the-art glazing boasts a virtually invisible anti-reflective coating allowing viewers to see the finest details in crystal clear colour neutrality, while its UV-filtering, abrasion resistant acrylic, and anti-static coating offer uncompromising protection and preservation.

The Swan: Stop The World

£6,250.00

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Pen and Ink Drawing

Professionally framed and ready to hang

Drawing Size: 28x38cm

Framed Size 47x57cm

Glazing: Optium Museum Quality Acrylic

~ Available as a Limited Edition Fine Art Print and as a Greetings Card ~
The drawing is taken from a photograph that I took of a sleeping swan at Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset, UK. The swannery is spread over a site of some 25 acres and was established by Benedictine Monks who built a monastery at Abbotsbury during the 1040s. The monks farmed the swans to produce food for their lavish Dorset banquets.

The swan burying itself in its wing serves as a visual metaphor for the desire to not wanting to be a part of the madness we appear to often be involuntarily engulfed within, often by the 'system' and by those that have/seek power. Stop the World.

The title is also inspired by the song 'Stop the World' by The Clash.
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