A Field Manual for a Lost Soldier - Limited Edition of 35 Sets of 4 prints; OR Unique State Gold Leaf Set
Version 1: Limited Edition of 35 Giclée Prints (set of 4 prints)
Print Title: A Field Manual for a Lost Soldier - A course in complexity (painted in 2023) by Carl Gopalkrishnan. Images are best viewed on a desktop. The colour of prints you view in this Shop are adjusted for the print editions & may differ slightly from images in the Galleries. Each print is hand signed by the Artist.
Wrong Way. Go Back
Red Pill. Blue Pill
Angel. Devil. Bat Girl
Spiders from Mars [landscape]
Image Sizes
3 x Individual prints (#1-3)/Image Size = 20 x 20cm (square)
1 x landscape Image Size (#4) = 29.5 x 39.5cm
White border = 1.5cm (bottom weighted 2cm)
Specialty art paper: Ilford Galerie Artist Textured paper 310gms
Version 2: Unique State Giclée Prints (set of 4 prints) with hand applied 22k Gold Leaf (17 available)
A ‘customised unique state’ print is the same limited edition print set (all four prints) but you are requesting to have 22k gold leaf applied in selected areas by the Artist himself. We do not offer refunds on this version. Customised orders may add an additional 7 days or more to your delivery to allow for drying time of different media. I have made some videos on my Instagram to explain my process. Please read the Terms and Conditions of the website for more information.
The Amulet
Each order includes a 2.5-2.8cm ceramic amulet, crafted from Western Australian stoneware clay. Choose styles A, B, or C at checkout. Attached to leather with adjustable knots, it's a creative homage to the Ancient World in War & Peace 2023 editions. May it enhance your creativity and imagination.
Shipping Fees:
Flat Rate International Shipping Rate of A$155.00 valid unless updated (see Important Shipping Information on Shop page) & includes reliable packaging & transport management by Pack & Send, Subiaco in WA.
Flat Rate Click & Collect for Perth Metropolitan Only: Click & Collect at Pack and Send in Subiaco, WA (map); or Local Courier ATL delivery (authority to leave) for $A35.00 includes packaging & transport management by Pack & Send.
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These four paintings are one set of four prints from my visual essay in VALA Issue 4 (November 2023) the journal of The Blake Society in London, UK. Written for an international audience, it is a comparative reflection on William Blake's rather unconventional 1790s poem The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and the UK Defence Doctrine 2022 (UKDD), together with some French philosophical concepts which, all together, create an alternate lens on new capabilities (such as AI) amidst current global, geopolitical tensions rapidly engulfing both Europe & the Asia-Pacific (or Indo-Pacific) in 2023/24.
My 3500 word essay offers ideas, images and a meditative amulet to expands options to war and peace-making. As a ‘manual’, it may help you to navigate your own personal public and private narratives around what is Good and Evil. I hope it engages with people both in the military & civil society as well as writers, theologians and defence policy makers. This theme continues my work from my 2012 international workshop Hitting The Target in the UK.
VALA launches on 29th November, 2023 and you can read a pdf version at The Blake Society website.
22k gold leaf customised unique state prints
In this unique state set of the same four giclée prints you can order a customised version where the Artist applies 22k gold leaf over the printed gold areas. It is another layer of hand-painting over the print, and has a ‘painterly’ quality & each will be slightly different. I only offer 17 initially, because they take more time to apply & dry. You can watch a video of some of the techniques I use with gold leaf on my Instagram.