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

Pomeformic queens must consume quite a lot of calories to sustain their broods. Their efficient feeding tentacles extrude a powerful acid that predigests the Prometheas pods that are brought to them in a steady stream by their drones. They also consume the planktons that swirl around them, though those can't provide the extreme amount of energy necessary to maintain their unique lifestyle.