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

The seeds of the Prometheas form the underpinning of a complex web of high-energy Schmryptozoa. Without them the entire ecosystem you see before you would not be possible, and their evolution is a defining moment in the current epoch. Some species have even adapted to make their homes within germinated seeds, resulting in the first glimmers of eusociality.