I See The Wolf


42 x 29 cm
Graphite pencil,  paper
2020


It’s interesting what this place looks like now. Khakassia six years ago. I found a beautiful bird feather, one that a friend gave to me. I still keep it in a book. I didn't even know that I would be deeply fascinated by birds just two years later. It was a buzzard's feather. I was mostly watching rocks, climbing hills and looking for endolinths inside the rocks. Then, I had drawn only two beautiful landscapes of the countryside.

Here I am drawing Khakassia again. I was wondering how it would feel to see a wolf in the wild. While I was drawing this piece, I experienced a lot of feelings—fear, loneliness, but also admiration. I do not know how far it is from reality. But I made my own.