Cover illustration I did for an international poetry magazine (Modern Poetry in Translation/ languages of Malta edition)

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1. I know luzzu in visual art is super overdone but I couldn’t help myself in this piece.

   Description / An illustration in pencil with a bright red background of a group of sparrows emerging from an endless sea, seemingly singing their song, while a traditional Maltese boat known as a Luzzu emerges from the waves. The sparrow in the foreground thinks about “l-għajn”, a motif seen on Luzzu intended to protect fishermen from harm.
   The illustration wraps around the back where the scene continues. In the waves, the sign for ‘language’ appears in Maltese Sign Language / Lingwa tas-Sinjali Maltija.