Balance 2011 · Soothsayer 2000

Balance, 2011: a pair of brass scales marked Life and Death holds two floating islands. The Life island has a mountain, river and forest; the heavier Death island is covered in refineries, skyscrapers, tanks, oil pumps and a shanty town, and tips rubbish off its edge.

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Life against Death

2011In the piece

The dial at the top of the scales reads LIFE on one side and DEATH on the other. The industrial island hangs lower.

Jun 2026In the news

Global Footprint Network put Earth Overshoot Day 2026 on 30 July: humanity is using nature 73% faster than ecosystems can regenerate, as if we had 1.73 Earths. It called this the highest level of overshoot in human history.

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Brass scales marked LIFE and DEATH, each pan an island in the sky. The scales are already tipping.

Photoshop master started 23 April 2010, last saved 27 November 2011 · canvas and giclée print files December 2011 · sources linked on each card.

Prints

Giclée · Hahnemühle 310gsm · numbered · edge to edge

Drawn to scale beside a 175 cm (5′9″) person, hung with the centre at 150 cm.

Small12 × 12" (30 × 30 cm)Edition of 50
Medium20 × 20" (51 × 51 cm)Edition of 25
Large36 × 36" (91 × 91 cm)Edition of 10

Delivery included to the UK, Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. Printed to order and posted in a tube.

Prints from £50