Pencil on Paper, 2025
30x30 centimeters / 12x12 inches
Limited Edition Prints — Edition of 30
Each print is embossed and individually numbered.
Giclée print on Hahnemühle German Etching.
Unframed.
 
Half woman, half serpent.
A healer.
A secret. 
This is a story of betrayal.
 
They called her Sahmaran, the Queen of Snakes. 
Guardian of ancient wisdom,
hidden deep beneath the soil,
where truth is fiercely protected. 
 
One day, a man found her. 
She took him in to her safe. 
Taught him.
Trusted him.
Loved him. 
 
But she was dragged into the light. 
Sacrificed for her power.
Betrayed by the one she loved.
 
Her figure carved into copper plates or objects, hung on the walls for protection, health and wisdom. 
Her story still lives in this land called Anatolia. 
Here, betrayal is never forgotten,
and the wise never truly die.