Dragon Surgery (8000X3404)

Trying to save an endangered creature, particularly one of this magnitude, is no mean feat. It requires a full team of experienced medical staff working around the clock in this painstaking 36-hour transplant surgery, their fatigue and drained energy clearly visible. The fate of the species’s survival rests completely in their hands. Hopefully she pulls through but either way , she's the last of her kind.

Inspiration

A lot of my work is a reflection or expression of my injury. All of it has involved thought and soul searching. Dragon Surgery draws upon my own 10-hour spinal cord surgery. I remember reading the surgeon’s report while lying in the hospital bed I spent months in during recovery. I imagined what I must have looked like unconscious on the table surrounded by a skilled yet exhausted medical team. I wanted to depict the raw, authentic grittiness of the facing life or death daily, which echoes the overextended front line staff battling the global pandemic today