This is part of the ‘A Delicate Balance’ series, which is a personal project that I have been working on for about 10 years now.  

 

This series explores the relationship between architecture and the natural world.  These hand drawn ink illustrations are inspired by locations and cultures around the globe, and throughout the era of human cooperation.  Surreal castles highlight both the beauty of a bygone time and the necessity of a coexistence with and in nature.  By incorporating flora and fauna throughout the architecture of the structures these pieces illustrate the importance of the need and dependence on nature, and hearken back to a time when we, as a species were not terraforming and poisoning the planet for greedy ends.

 

The Quantum Quattro Institute of the Cosmos is the latest addition. This was originally drawn by hand using 0.5mm Micron pens and then scanned and coloured using Procreate. In total this image would have taken over 100 hours to complete.