Commission Date: June 2011

Part of a much bigger series of images exploring the world in a state of extreme stress, each picture featuring the world in miniature. Black ink and brush was used throughout the series.

Chateau Troisième Monde, n’est-ce pas? Two connoisseurs sample a luxurious wine squeezed from a giant earth grape
Nothing Forbidden About This Fruit The world as an apple, with assorted tasters and exploiters
By Exclusive Invitation Only The wealthy and privileged dine on a terrestrial main course, while an impoverished multitude look on
New World Series High stakes in this league.
Omlette à la Monde A huge earth egg about to be cracked by a poor chef under mercenary duress. At high table, the rich nations wait to be fed.
Political Football A rough and ready game of footie, with teams of global conferencers at play
A Nice, Juicy Fruit The earth as an orange, peeled by a high financier
Mr Atlas is doing his best… A beleaguered Atlas attempts to balance a crumbling globe on his back.