"Sentinel" - Collaged Print Intaglio and the sense of drifting

and the sense of drifting between states

A couple drive through an impossible landscape where the road leads somewhere between nostalgia and science fiction

but also tension

framing neatly at 480mm × 620mm

From one of artist Gerard McDonagh's original pencil and ink drawings

"Sentinel" - Collaged Print Intaglio and the sense of driftingSentinel sits between monument and observer. A classical figure emerges from a stepped, brutalist structure, embedded rather than placed part statue, part architecture. Behind it, modern tower blocks rise under a pink sun, collapsing time into a single, watchful moment. The piece plays with permanence and vulnerability. The figure feels solid and enduring, yet exposed, as if weathered by the city it overlooks. The geometry of the steps and buildings