Mixed media on board

I am a mixed media visual artist based in Honolulu.

In this painting, I placed the endemic fungus gnat Tylparua cratericola into an abstracted background where vague shapes and native uluhe leaves are fading out of existence. A distant power line hints at human activity. The gnat is the only “real” element, while the environment around him is disjointed, dissolving, and fraying at the edges.