Heart of Darkness Series: Snake

In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, the soryteller, Marlow compares the River Congo on a map in a shop window, to a coiled snake, a portent of the dangers that lie ahead.

But there was in it one river especially, a mighty big river, that you could see on the map, resembling an immense snake uncoiled, with its head in the sea, its body at rest curving afar over a vast country, and its tail lost in the depths of the land. And as I looked at the map of it in a shop-window, it fascinated me as a snake would a bird – a silly little bird.

Limited edition (25) lino cut
Hand printed on 300g acid-free paper (A4)
Image size 11cm x 16cm