To see a World in a Grain of Sand 
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, 
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand 
And Eternity in an hour.

-William Blake

Painted from 2010-2014, scanned from a 30"x30" original, Sherwin-Williams acrylic house paint on canvas. 42 distinct species are depicted from birth to death across two separate ecosystems. Number 11 in a sequence of 16 paintings.

Schmryptopen Edition

Once the mother pods of the Prometheas have detached to begin their free-floating stage, it still takes many cycles for the maturing seeds to reach the surface and tumble free. This helps ensure that future generations are distributed far from their parents, spreading their genes far and wide and reducing internecine competition.