Author: Serena Smith

Serena Smith is a visual artist based in Leicester. Her stone lithographs are held in public and private collections and she has been the recipient of a number of prizes and awards. Serena is currently a doctoral candidate at Loughborough University under the supervision of Professor Marsha Meskimmon and Dr. Deborah Harty; her ongoing research considers the mutually generative intersection between the inscriptive practices of stone lithography and writing. www.serenasmith.org

Serena Smith
On Stone

Issue 1 Posted by Serena Smith

Under a clear blue sky the dragonfly takes its last migration through breezeless air. Touching down momentarily on still water, too late to know that this salty pool won’t quench a thirst, its fragile wings are pulled down into the sedimenting basin of an isolated lagoon. Just out of reach from the coast nothing leaves the…